I started my application for their 2010 financial software developer position online. A day later, I was asked to send them my GPA.

One day after I sent them my GPA, I was asked to take an online skill test in a programming language I was most comfortable with. I picked C and took the test. The test was not very interesting and focused too much on advanced or rarely used language features. Some problems could actually have vague answers depending on compiler implementations.

From this, you can immediately see the difference from a technical company, which cares more about how you will apply your knowledge of data structures and algorithms to solve problems, instead of tricky, unimportant language features that require intensive preparation, even for a seasoned developer.

After passing the skill test, I was given a phone screening. The experience was not great. I was interviewed by two people. One of them had an extremely strong accent, making it difficult to understand what she was describing. So far, I have interviewed with more than 30 people, and she is the only one with whom I had communication difficulties. Also, she was very impatient and frequently cut me off when I was not speaking in the way she expected. Given the difficult communication, I wasn't expecting much after the phone interview.

After two weeks, Bloomberg unexpectedly invited me for an in-house interview, and I flew in after another three weeks. I was told my flight and hotel information just one day prior, giving me the feeling that they didn't really want me or care about me.

The onsite consisted only of a round of technical and behavioral interviews. There should have been a third round with an HM if the first two rounds went well. Again, the technical interview involved quite a lot of C++ language features, which I am not very good at, given my strong focus on C. However, I think the technical interview was not that bad. The interviewers were quite nice, and we had a very good discussion on some interesting problems.

The behavioral questions were quite grinding. The interviewer was very arrogant. She repeatedly asked why I hadn't found a job three months after graduation. I felt insulted and couldn't figure out what she was looking for. I told her the market was very bad but was turning around and that I was quite sure I could get an offer in the coming month, which is true, by the way. Obviously, she didn't care much anymore at that time, and we started to wrap up very quickly.

In general, the whole process gave me a very bad feeling, and I would say Bloomberg is definitely not a company I would want to work for. It is not because they turned me down. It is not a technical company where you can expect to learn a lot from a technical aspect, and they obviously do not respect the technical team much.

What is a base virtual class in C++?