Financial Applications Developer Interview Experience - New York, New York
September 1, 2016
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
One telephonic interview. I was asked to solve two problems using C++.
An onsite interview was requested two weeks later. In total, there were three rounds when I went onsite:
- A "two on one" first technical round.
- A "two on one" second technical round.
- The third round was with the group manager.
Questions
1st round: Architecture of my current product, C++ question, design pattern implementation, coding problem for in-place update of a binary search tree to a linked list.
2nd round: Design a system to generate the given output after reading data through a file. The design was discussed for one hour.
3rd round: The product lead discussed previously asked design questions and gave information about the project.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 9 interview experiences for the Bloomberg LP Financial Applications Developer role in New York, New York.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
Bloomberg LP's interview process for their Financial Applications Developer roles in New York, New York is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive44%
Neutral33%
Negative22%
Candidates reported having good feelings for Bloomberg LP's Financial Applications Developer interview process in New York, New York.
Bloomberg LP Work Experiences
3.0
It's a gig, not a career
Financial Applications Developer • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
September 27, 2014
Pros: Pantry, seeing and meeting people due to the special "design" of the work environment, sunlight in the buildings, good work-life balance. Good opportunities to make an impact with your work and get to know many people, but don't expect your good work and sweat to get you a promotion or anywhere meaningful.
Cons: Certainly not a place to have a career.
Flat organizational structure has its pros and cons.
Culture can be very petty. They promote "lifers" to managerial positions, some of whom are seriously not employable elsewhere.
Great place to work right out of college, but not after 30.
Pay is not very competitive, but they will pay more to someone else to do the same job when hiring from outside.
Once you're in the company, you virtually have no place for negotiating salary unless you have an offer from somewhere else.
Once you resign, you need to vacate the premises immediately after HR interview, which appears to be about checking boxes and more employee surveys.
5.0
My two cents on Bloomberg
Financial Applications Developer • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
January 7, 2013
Pros: Nice place, nice people, nice work environment.
Cons: Unfortunately, far from money. Training takes a while.
4.0
Smart people paid ridiculous salaries to slog through ancient systems
Financial Applications Developer • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
October 15, 2008
Pros: High pay, free food, beautiful building, great location, and smart people.
Cons: Ancient architecture, no coding standards, no commenting of code, no documentation. Poorly designed and documented, buggy, incomplete GUI framework which you are forced to use. Weird UI standards, little inter-group code sharing, poor common tools.
- 3.0It's a gig, not a careerFinancial Applications Developer • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesSeptember 27, 2014Pros: Pantry, seeing and meeting people due to the special "design" of the work environment, sunlight in the buildings, good work-life balance. Good opportunities to make an impact with your work and get to know many people, but don't expect your good work and sweat to get you a promotion or anywhere meaningful.Cons: Certainly not a place to have a career. Flat organizational structure has its pros and cons. Culture can be very petty. They promote "lifers" to managerial positions, some of whom are seriously not employable elsewhere. Great place to work right out of college, but not after 30. Pay is not very competitive, but they will pay more to someone else to do the same job when hiring from outside. Once you're in the company, you virtually have no place for negotiating salary unless you have an offer from somewhere else. Once you resign, you need to vacate the premises immediately after HR interview, which appears to be about checking boxes and more employee surveys.
- 5.0My two cents on BloombergFinancial Applications Developer • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesJanuary 7, 2013Pros: Nice place, nice people, nice work environment.Cons: Unfortunately, far from money. Training takes a while.
- 4.0Smart people paid ridiculous salaries to slog through ancient systemsFinancial Applications Developer • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesOctober 15, 2008Pros: High pay, free food, beautiful building, great location, and smart people.Cons: Ancient architecture, no coding standards, no commenting of code, no documentation. Poorly designed and documented, buggy, incomplete GUI framework which you are forced to use. Weird UI standards, little inter-group code sharing, poor common tools.
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