I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Oct 2010
Interview
Spoke with Bloomberg at the university career fair and was asked for 1:1 interview the following week. Consisted of one question regarding dynamic arrays and was subsequently asked for followup interview week later. Was rejected via email following week.
I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Oct 2010
Interview
Received an e-mail one day after application asking to make an online test. Since I selected C++ as the language with which I feel more comfortable, the test consisted on few C++ hard questions, it was not an IQ test as I expected. Got Proficient level (3.23/5) at the test, about 25-30 questions and 3 minutes to answer each. Reading from other reviewers, I think they only contact you for the in-house interview when you get Proficient Level of Advanced (from 3.50 to 5), which seems to be the second filter after skill assessment. Next working day received an e-mail informing of refusal (good to know, anyway).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Multiple choice questions on: Headers, Variable declarations, Functions...