Financial Applications Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York
November 1, 2011
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Applied online, then took an online test covering logistics, problem-solving, and verbal skills.
A phone interview followed, discussing background and some technical details, including programming on linked lists.
Finally, an on-site interview took place in their NYC office with two interviewers and an observer.
The interview began with a review of the resume, followed by problem-solving and brain teaser questions.
Programming questions related to hash tables and linked lists were then asked, and code was written on provided paper.
Questions
Some problems were quite difficult for this position. Maybe the interviewers didn't like me personally.
- Check if two linked lists intersect, and if so, find the intersection point.
- Travelling salesman problem.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 21 interview experiences for the Bloomberg LP Financial Applications Engineer role in New York, New York.
Success Rate
5%
Pass Rate
Bloomberg LP's interview process for their Financial Applications Engineer roles in New York, New York is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive29%
Neutral67%
Negative5%
Candidates reported having good feelings for Bloomberg LP's Financial Applications Engineer interview process in New York, New York.
Bloomberg LP Work Experiences
5.0
I've been here for six months and I'm loving it
Financial Applications Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
December 1, 2014
Pros: The company values its employees a lot. There are many opportunities to learn and build your skills, whether in the finance sector or on the programming side. The management is very helpful and encourages employees to learn.
To give an example, those who join the company from a non-computer science background are given 16 weeks of amazing training on Unix, C, and C++.
Cons: The compensation is below average, especially for an insanely expensive city like NYC.
4.0
Awesome Pay, Benefits, Management. Technically behind the times
Senior Software Developer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
August 16, 2015
Pros: Pay and benefits are top-notch. If you go above and beyond, you will be recognized with a huge bonus and a huge base pay increase.
Full family insurance is paid with no employee contribution, and there's a medical doctor in the building you can see for free.
There's an incredible yearly party where a whole island is rented out with amusement park rides and free food – great for family.
The company really does good for society. For example, if you volunteer 40 hours, there is a "dollars for your hours" program that can donate $5,000 to that charity.
Cons: Technically, it seems sort of behind. Half the codebase is Fortran. There are bizarre restrictions on things like Boost. Low-level C++ libraries are high quality, but higher-level code is a mess. In many teams, you might spend hours each week just trying to get your code to link because all the libraries are changing underneath you all the time. The databases and GUI are bizarre proprietary stuff that are a pain to use, and these skills are useless outside of Bloomberg.
The email and proprietary issue tracking systems are terrible, with basic things like word wrapping not working reliably.
If you like finance and a high salary, you might look past these shortcomings.
4.0
Good company overall, but it has its traps
Software Engineering Team Lead • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
December 13, 2017
Pros: This is a great company which cares a lot about its employees, in terms of continuing education and mentorship. The compensation is good, and there are many tech communities within the company, allowing you to do things outside of your functional area.
Cons: Lack of a clear technical track for engineers who are not interested in managing people. Product managers expect engineers to do business analysis, but engineers do not necessarily get credit for it.
- 5.0I've been here for six months and I'm loving itFinancial Applications Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesDecember 1, 2014Pros: The company values its employees a lot. There are many opportunities to learn and build your skills, whether in the finance sector or on the programming side. The management is very helpful and encourages employees to learn. To give an example, those who join the company from a non-computer science background are given 16 weeks of amazing training on Unix, C, and C++.Cons: The compensation is below average, especially for an insanely expensive city like NYC.
- 4.0Awesome Pay, Benefits, Management. Technically behind the timesSenior Software Developer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesAugust 16, 2015Pros: Pay and benefits are top-notch. If you go above and beyond, you will be recognized with a huge bonus and a huge base pay increase. Full family insurance is paid with no employee contribution, and there's a medical doctor in the building you can see for free. There's an incredible yearly party where a whole island is rented out with amusement park rides and free food – great for family. The company really does good for society. For example, if you volunteer 40 hours, there is a "dollars for your hours" program that can donate $5,000 to that charity.Cons: Technically, it seems sort of behind. Half the codebase is Fortran. There are bizarre restrictions on things like Boost. Low-level C++ libraries are high quality, but higher-level code is a mess. In many teams, you might spend hours each week just trying to get your code to link because all the libraries are changing underneath you all the time. The databases and GUI are bizarre proprietary stuff that are a pain to use, and these skills are useless outside of Bloomberg. The email and proprietary issue tracking systems are terrible, with basic things like word wrapping not working reliably. If you like finance and a high salary, you might look past these shortcomings.
- 4.0Good company overall, but it has its trapsSoftware Engineering Team Lead • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesDecember 13, 2017Pros: This is a great company which cares a lot about its employees, in terms of continuing education and mentorship. The compensation is good, and there are many tech communities within the company, allowing you to do things outside of your functional area.Cons: Lack of a clear technical track for engineers who are not interested in managing people. Product managers expect engineers to do business analysis, but engineers do not necessarily get credit for it.
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