Software Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York
June 1, 2016
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Contacted through a recruiter for a position at Bank of America in the New York office. One week later, I was in the office for a one-on-one interview with members of the group. I was asked mostly about my resume, data structures, threading, and databases. There were mostly technical questions and very few behavioral questions.
Questions
Describe multi-threading and how you would use it in your language of choice.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 22 interview experiences for the Bank of America Software Engineer role in New York, New York.
Success Rate
27%
Pass Rate
Bank of America's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in New York, New York is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive64%
Neutral27%
Negative9%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Bank of America's Software Engineer interview process in New York, New York.
Bank of America Work Experiences
3.0
A good place to start your career
Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
February 5, 2022
Pros: With a good team, you will be able to learn a lot from senior developers.
Cons: Certain teams require better management.
4.0
Good 401k, Delayed Match
Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
April 3, 2021
Pros: Dollar-for-dollar matching up to 4%.
Cons: Matching after 1 year with company
2.0
Antiquated mentality towards tech and software engineering
Software Engineer • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
February 9, 2025
Pros: Co-workers at BofA are typically down-to-earth, easy-going people, at least on the tech side. The business side stakeholders are obnoxious, but that's pretty much the case at most big banks.
If you don't like splitting hairs over what the Jira story should say, then you might find yourself at home at BofA. Jira's have a lot of required boilerplate, but beyond that, no one really cares about their content (or so it seems).
Cons: If you're interested in a tech-forward mentality, from my limited experience, I doubt you'll find that at BofA.
Quartz (their proprietary grid platform) is very poorly documented. Their version control mechanism is unintuitive. Code reviews don't happen.
Perhaps other teams there are different. I'm not sure how advancement happens there, but my perception is that it happens slowly.
- 3.0A good place to start your careerSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesFebruary 5, 2022Pros: With a good team, you will be able to learn a lot from senior developers.Cons: Certain teams require better management.
- 4.0Good 401k, Delayed MatchSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesApril 3, 2021Pros: Dollar-for-dollar matching up to 4%.Cons: Matching after 1 year with company
- 2.0Antiquated mentality towards tech and software engineeringSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesFebruary 9, 2025Pros: Co-workers at BofA are typically down-to-earth, easy-going people, at least on the tech side. The business side stakeholders are obnoxious, but that's pretty much the case at most big banks. If you don't like splitting hairs over what the Jira story should say, then you might find yourself at home at BofA. Jira's have a lot of required boilerplate, but beyond that, no one really cares about their content (or so it seems).Cons: If you're interested in a tech-forward mentality, from my limited experience, I doubt you'll find that at BofA. Quartz (their proprietary grid platform) is very poorly documented. Their version control mechanism is unintuitive. Code reviews don't happen. Perhaps other teams there are different. I'm not sure how advancement happens there, but my perception is that it happens slowly.
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