Bloomberg LP

Financial Applications Engineer Interview Experience

October 10, 2013

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The man interviewing me was nice. However, they marketed the job incorrectly. They were recruiting for people who did not have computer science degrees but had taken computer science classes. I have taken programming classes, and they accepted my resume and interviewed me. The questions, however, were all focused on coding, which I am not an expert in.

Questions

How would you code this?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 33 interview experiences for the Bloomberg LP Financial Applications Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

9%

Pass Rate

Bloomberg LP's interview process for their Financial Applications Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive27%

Neutral67%

Negative6%

Candidates reported having good feelings for Bloomberg LP's Financial Applications Engineer interview process in United States.

Bloomberg LP Work Experiences

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.

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.

Great inclusive community to work with

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: It is a great place for career progress.

Cons: The technologies used are in-house, and mostly what you learn applies to the Bloomberg environment only.

Great inclusive community to work with

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: It is a great place for career progress.

Cons: The technologies used are in-house, and mostly what you learn applies to the Bloomberg environment only.

Good software company on the East Coast

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: a) It's mostly a software company; thus, software developers are treated as first-class citizens, which is not that common for NYC. b) Competitive benefits (base + bonus, 401K, medical, etc.). c) Great work-life balance (flexible schedule, 20 work days vacation, 20 sick leaves, work from home, etc.). d) Broad range of projects and architectures: client/server, Unix, Windows, mobile, Java, C, C++, C#.

Cons: 1. As in most of NY companies, the work environment can be noisy with lots of people and some distractions. 2. Management could do a better job. Sometimes they are too tough on a person and schedule. There are some problems in listening to the developer and understanding his/her position.

Good software company on the East Coast

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: a) It's mostly a software company; thus, software developers are treated as first-class citizens, which is not that common for NYC. b) Competitive benefits (base + bonus, 401K, medical, etc.). c) Great work-life balance (flexible schedule, 20 work days vacation, 20 sick leaves, work from home, etc.). d) Broad range of projects and architectures: client/server, Unix, Windows, mobile, Java, C, C++, C#.

Cons: 1. As in most of NY companies, the work environment can be noisy with lots of people and some distractions. 2. Management could do a better job. Sometimes they are too tough on a person and schedule. There are some problems in listening to the developer and understanding his/her position.

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.

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.

Great inclusive community to work with

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: It is a great place for career progress.

Cons: The technologies used are in-house, and mostly what you learn applies to the Bloomberg environment only.

5.0
Great inclusive community to work with
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
June 30, 2020
Pros: It is a great place for career progress.
Cons: The technologies used are in-house, and mostly what you learn applies to the Bloomberg environment only.

Good software company on the East Coast

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: a) It's mostly a software company; thus, software developers are treated as first-class citizens, which is not that common for NYC. b) Competitive benefits (base + bonus, 401K, medical, etc.). c) Great work-life balance (flexible schedule, 20 work days vacation, 20 sick leaves, work from home, etc.). d) Broad range of projects and architectures: client/server, Unix, Windows, mobile, Java, C, C++, C#.

Cons: 1. As in most of NY companies, the work environment can be noisy with lots of people and some distractions. 2. Management could do a better job. Sometimes they are too tough on a person and schedule. There are some problems in listening to the developer and understanding his/her position.

4.0
Good software company on the East Coast
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
March 5, 2016
Pros: a) It's mostly a software company; thus, software developers are treated as first-class citizens, which is not that common for NYC. b) Competitive benefits (base + bonus, 401K, medical, etc.). c) Great work-life balance (flexible schedule, 20 work days vacation, 20 sick leaves, work from home, etc.). d) Broad range of projects and architectures: client/server, Unix, Windows, mobile, Java, C, C++, C#.
Cons: 1. As in most of NY companies, the work environment can be noisy with lots of people and some distractions. 2. Management could do a better job. Sometimes they are too tough on a person and schedule. There are some problems in listening to the developer and understanding his/her position.

Bloomberg LP Interview Questions

Two Sum

Find two numbers in a given array that add up to a specific target value, and return their indices. Essentially, you need to efficiently locate the pair that satisfies the sum requirement.

Subsets

Given a set of distinct integers, your task is to generate all possible subsets (the power set). The solution should not contain duplicate subsets.

ArraysRecursionBit Manipulation

Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters

Find the length of the longest substring within a given string that contains no repeating characters. The substring must be contiguous.

StringsTwo PointersSliding Windows

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