Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at Bloomberg with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 325 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Bloomberg overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Bloomberg as a Software Engineer(Internship) according to 325 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
Presentation: 21%
One on one interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 10%
Skills test: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Background check: 3%
Drug test: 3%
Personality test: 3%
Other: 1%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Nov 2025
Interview
It was very hard 4 interview rounds with a system design in the end!
Expect leetcode Med-Hard and expect to be asked about your resume background in the start to smooth their way into the technical
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Whats a problem I had with a team and how did I resolve it or who stepped up
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Bloomberg
Interview
I've only done the first round so far. It was 10 minutes of resume diving and behavioral, and then 50 minute technical. They asked easy/medium leetcode question. This was an online interview done over zoom.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Identify a 'coolstring' which has the same frequency of every character.
The entire process was a bit chaotic, I spent a bit of time going back a fourth with my recruiter to schedule the interview by the time i was able to i believe they had already moved forward with a different candidate. My interviewer ended the interview early and had no interest in me at all.
I applied online. There was no OA. I was invited to the first round. First 15 minutes was resume grilling (projects and past experiences). Then a medium LeetCode problem, where you didn't have to run the code. It was tagged.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Choose a specific project to deep dive. How do things work in that project, why did you implement it that way.