I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Feb 2010
Interview
recruiter setup the phone interview. With two interviews in total. Technical questions focus on C++, data structures, algorithms. Typeical questions are like how virtual function is implemented. What is inline function, can a virtual function be inlined?
And behavorial questions include questions such as why Bloomberg, describe your current projects and your role.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Feb 2010
Interview
One recruiter had connection with the hiring manager and forwarded my resume. The first phone interview went well and the interviewer was very nice. Right after the interview, the recruiter received positive feedback and told me that they invited me for in-person interview. However, the next day I was told there would be a 2nd phone interview because I am not local. Then the story came. For twice they didn't call me at the scheduled time, each time they had different reasons. The third time I finally received the call after waiting for another 20 minutes. This time, the interviewer asked some weird questions and wasn't nice. I got declined quickly.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Oct 2009
Interview
They do not judge you against other candidates in the initial phone screen. They want to see if you are qualified to proceed to the ‘face to face’ meeting
They will go more in depth than you might expect in a phone screening – don’t be taken by surprise
This will be hard
Details on resume – anything you put on resume will be fair game for questions
They may ask you how you did it? Why you did it ?
They feel a good developer will understand why they do something. They love details
Good luck