I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Feb 2014
Interview
Met the recruiters at the career fair. The initial screen was pretty easy. The next day met with a panel of interviewers which lasted an hour. Was pretty nervous and stumbled even for easier ones. Did not expect behavioral from technical panel who thought I was nervous and tried to ease the pressure.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
Given a stream of integers, how do you find the median of the numbers? Follow Up: Consider the functionality for a corp., to find the median of company, what is the most time effective way of doing it? Now, if having similar functionalities such as average, min, max, variance, etc. what data structures would you use?
Generate a random stream of integers without using rand(). Follow Up: What modifications should be done to the program if to generate random stream of integers within limits (max, min) inclusive?
Given a string, find the longest contiguous sequence of strings without using additional memory; one or two variables are fine. Pick any one if a tie. e.g. sbcsdfaaiwer; ans: aa
Behavioral: What if your manager goes against your decision? Who will you consult and what is the best thing to do if you think that you are right in this case?