After applying through Bloomberg's website, I received an email about a week or two later stating that I had made it through a round of resume screening. I was then asked to take an online skills assessment test. This test consisted of basic "IQ sort of things" (shape rotations/reflections) and questions similar to those found on the LSAT exam (e.g., given eight statements, determine the order in which horses placed in a race).

Two to three days after the skills assessment, I was asked to schedule a phone interview, which took place the following week. Since I do not have a computer science background, the interviewers asked "get to know you" type questions about my past experience, followed by targeted questions that were essentially roundabout ways to get me to consider computer science problems.

Within a week, I was invited for an on-site interview, which I attended a few weeks later. This interview consisted of three stages:

• Stage 1: I met with three interviewers who asked questions to gauge my understanding of algorithms and high-level design. They also asked me to write a program in full syntax for the language I had the most experience in (Java).
• Stage 2: I met with a senior member who asked questions to gauge my interest and fit with the company, as well as my ability to transition into an IT position from an engineering background. For example, he asked, "What makes you think you would be happy doing this type of job every day when your experience is primarily in research?"
• Stage 3: The final round involved meeting with a representative from HR. They asked very general questions and then gave me a brief tour of two floors of the building.

How would you go about designing Facebook's "Suggest a friend" feature? How would you choose WHICH people to suggest as friends?

Write a Java program that can convert a string of numbers (e.g., "5387") into an integer (5387).

One question to see if I could understand Linked Lists and how to manipulate them, having never heard of them before.