Bloomberg LP

Financial Software Developer Interview Experience - Blacksburg, Virginia

September 1, 2010

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Why FSD?

What is your experience, and what is related to programming?

Technical questions

What do you want to ask?

Questions

1-100 integer sequence: How to find the missing 2 numbers

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 4 interview experiences for the Bloomberg LP Financial Software Developer role in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

Bloomberg LP's interview process for their Financial Software Developer roles in Blacksburg, Virginia is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive25%

Neutral50%

Negative25%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Bloomberg LP's Financial Software Developer interview process in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Bloomberg LP Work Experiences

A stable and rewarding company

Financial Software Developer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

August 14, 2014

Pros: It has a great R&D training program, which gets you ready to do some real programming tasks.

Cons: Chasing fast but sometimes could be cheap solutions, which may cause bigger problems later. Maybe different teams are different, but at least in my team, rarely do I see people put effort on code refactoring. I personally feel that the open floor could be very distractive to me; earmuffs would be your good friend.

A stable and rewarding company

Financial Software Developer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

August 14, 2014

Pros: It has a great R&D training program, which gets you ready to do some real programming tasks.

Cons: Chasing fast but sometimes could be cheap solutions, which may cause bigger problems later. Maybe different teams are different, but at least in my team, rarely do I see people put effort on code refactoring. I personally feel that the open floor could be very distractive to me; earmuffs would be your good friend.

Fantastic internship program with lots to learn and do

Financial Software Developer • Former Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Great intern events throughout the summer, at least one per week. There is always something to do. You're given your own project to work on and complete throughout the summer. When you're done, you get ample opportunities to show off what you've accomplished to upper management. Everyone is willing to help or chat with you about their role or the company. Lots of financial knowledge to gain, with provided classes in finance and tech.

Cons: The work isn't always super challenging or structured, which makes it hard to focus and be productive sometimes. The tech can be a bit restrictive since it's almost all proprietary, but the people who literally built it are around and willing to help you leverage it the best you can. Not a fan of the open floor plan.

Fantastic internship program with lots to learn and do

Financial Software Developer • Former Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Great intern events throughout the summer, at least one per week. There is always something to do. You're given your own project to work on and complete throughout the summer. When you're done, you get ample opportunities to show off what you've accomplished to upper management. Everyone is willing to help or chat with you about their role or the company. Lots of financial knowledge to gain, with provided classes in finance and tech.

Cons: The work isn't always super challenging or structured, which makes it hard to focus and be productive sometimes. The tech can be a bit restrictive since it's almost all proprietary, but the people who literally built it are around and willing to help you leverage it the best you can. Not a fan of the open floor plan.

A great company to work for

Financial Software Developer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

November 15, 2008

Pros: Competitive salaries Good work culture Openness Takes care of employees Great location in NYC Profitable business model

Cons: In IT (or R&D, as we call it), the scope for growth is limited because of the flat hierarchical structure. Also, neither the managers nor the company takes much active interest in an employee's professional growth. The work can also get boring sometimes.

A great company to work for

Financial Software Developer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

November 15, 2008

Pros: Competitive salaries Good work culture Openness Takes care of employees Great location in NYC Profitable business model

Cons: In IT (or R&D, as we call it), the scope for growth is limited because of the flat hierarchical structure. Also, neither the managers nor the company takes much active interest in an employee's professional growth. The work can also get boring sometimes.

A stable and rewarding company

Financial Software Developer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

August 14, 2014

Pros: It has a great R&D training program, which gets you ready to do some real programming tasks.

Cons: Chasing fast but sometimes could be cheap solutions, which may cause bigger problems later. Maybe different teams are different, but at least in my team, rarely do I see people put effort on code refactoring. I personally feel that the open floor could be very distractive to me; earmuffs would be your good friend.

3.0
A stable and rewarding company
Financial Software Developer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
August 14, 2014
Pros: It has a great R&D training program, which gets you ready to do some real programming tasks.
Cons: Chasing fast but sometimes could be cheap solutions, which may cause bigger problems later. Maybe different teams are different, but at least in my team, rarely do I see people put effort on code refactoring. I personally feel that the open floor could be very distractive to me; earmuffs would be your good friend.

Fantastic internship program with lots to learn and do

Financial Software Developer • Former Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Great intern events throughout the summer, at least one per week. There is always something to do. You're given your own project to work on and complete throughout the summer. When you're done, you get ample opportunities to show off what you've accomplished to upper management. Everyone is willing to help or chat with you about their role or the company. Lots of financial knowledge to gain, with provided classes in finance and tech.

Cons: The work isn't always super challenging or structured, which makes it hard to focus and be productive sometimes. The tech can be a bit restrictive since it's almost all proprietary, but the people who literally built it are around and willing to help you leverage it the best you can. Not a fan of the open floor plan.

4.0
Fantastic internship program with lots to learn and do
Financial Software Developer • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
August 5, 2015
Pros: Great intern events throughout the summer, at least one per week. There is always something to do. You're given your own project to work on and complete throughout the summer. When you're done, you get ample opportunities to show off what you've accomplished to upper management. Everyone is willing to help or chat with you about their role or the company. Lots of financial knowledge to gain, with provided classes in finance and tech.
Cons: The work isn't always super challenging or structured, which makes it hard to focus and be productive sometimes. The tech can be a bit restrictive since it's almost all proprietary, but the people who literally built it are around and willing to help you leverage it the best you can. Not a fan of the open floor plan.

A great company to work for

Financial Software Developer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

November 15, 2008

Pros: Competitive salaries Good work culture Openness Takes care of employees Great location in NYC Profitable business model

Cons: In IT (or R&D, as we call it), the scope for growth is limited because of the flat hierarchical structure. Also, neither the managers nor the company takes much active interest in an employee's professional growth. The work can also get boring sometimes.

4.0
A great company to work for
Financial Software Developer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
November 15, 2008
Pros: Competitive salaries Good work culture Openness Takes care of employees Great location in NYC Profitable business model
Cons: In IT (or R&D, as we call it), the scope for growth is limited because of the flat hierarchical structure. Also, neither the managers nor the company takes much active interest in an employee's professional growth. The work can also get boring sometimes.

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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