I applied online through their platform. I had to provide a CV, cover letter, a transcript, and answer the question: "Why do you want to become a software engineer?"

I received an email from the HR department asking me to select a 45-minute slot within the next two weeks for a telephone interview. They also requested that I have access to a computer with an internet connection during the interview for the technical part.

The interview began with a representative from the R&D department describing the entire process. This included basic questions related to the company, followed by a technical segment. Some of the basic questions were:

• "Why do you want to work for Bloomberg?"
• "What do you know about Bloomberg?"
• "Tell me about a project that you enjoyed."
• "What did you learn by working on this project?"

Afterward, we transitioned to the technical part, which was conducted in my most familiar programming language (I chose Java). I had to answer basic questions about how Java works, the JVM, and the differences between Java and C++.

I also had to answer questions about wrapper classes, how Java handles pointers, and devise an algorithm for a specific scenario.

The interviewer was very pleasant and consistently offered encouragement and assistance throughout the interview.

Had to think of an efficient algorithm to calculate the average of an array by removing the minimum and maximum.