I applied online. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Dec 2013
Interview
took about 2 months. had one phone internview wich I thought went well. first asked how to reverse an array which I answered in one sentence so he said maybe that is too easy so he instead asked to write a function that takes in a string and prints the occurences of each character I think. I siad to use a hash map with a count related to each character he asked what are the benefits of using a hash map. Got a rejection email about a week later
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
write a function that takes in a string and prints the occurences of each character. ;
The first round is a phone interview that takes 45 min. After several days I got the email saying that I wad invited to the on site interview in New York. There were two interviewers this time.
I applied online, and few days after, the HR email me to schedule a phone interview date with the interviewer, the first scheduled time nothing happen, so I scheduled another time, then the next time, the phone call came as expected, they only ask me some very simple questions such as what's the difference between java and C++, most of time I talking about my project which the interviewer seems interested in on it too.
All seem going smoothly, however, two weeks later, I was told that the position was already filled.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How the difference of C++ and java reflects on my project.