Financial Software Developer Interview Experience - Boston, Massachusetts
March 1, 2011
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
I had on-campus interviews. There were two 2:1 interviews and one HR interview. I failed the HR interview. The technical questions were not easy, but I could answer them.
Questions
Insert sort and complexity? Binary tree and Depth First Search? Reverse number? Classic questions.
How to randomly play songs in an MP3? / Turn a number into hex.
6-face dice. He rolls 1 to win, and I roll 6. He rolls first. What's the probability that he eventually wins?
Sorting the red and green balls: RRRRRGGGGGGGG to RGRGRGRGRGGGGG.
1 step: 1m / 2m. How many ways can you walk through a 10-meter road?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Bloomberg LP Financial Software Developer role in Boston, Massachusetts.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
Bloomberg LP's interview process for their Financial Software Developer roles in Boston, Massachusetts is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive33%
Neutral67%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Bloomberg LP's Financial Software Developer interview process in Boston, Massachusetts.
Bloomberg LP Work Experiences
1.0
Not good for developers
Financial Software Developer • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
December 16, 2012
Pros: Not much, unless you have no place to go.
Cons: 1. R&D managers usually hate programming.
2. They do not like CS majors.
5.0
A great company to work for
Financial Software Developer • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
January 27, 2009
Pros: The company offers competitive pay and a great benefits package that is better than investment banks.
There is free food.
The people working there are friendly, smart, and generally easy-going compared to people at investment banks.
More job security than investment banks.
Fast-paced work environment and some very interesting work.
Ability and talent, not seniority, are recognized and rewarded.
Training program for new grads.
Cons: The work culture is very unique, with some strict rules.
It's much bigger now than 5 years ago, and profit sharing is no longer that lucrative.
Some of the senior management's decisions are difficult to grasp.
4.0
If you're on the right team, Bloomberg can be very rewarding
Financial Software Developer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
January 7, 2014
Pros: If you land on the right team, there is a lot of flexibility and great work-life balance. Fortunately, the percentage of the "good" teams is growing steadily, especially within the Derivatives and Infrastructure departments of R&D.
There are a lot of opportunities to grow professionally, but you need to forge your own path.
Very intelligent colleagues, great ideas.
Free snacks and drinks/juice all day, every day.
Excellent compensation and benefits.
Cons: A lot of red tape (as with many large and successful corporations), meaning that great ideas need a lot of persistence to really take off, or else they will be swept aside for the next money grab enhancement.
Some old technologies and implementations are so established that they're tough to supplant with smarter/faster/newer ones.
Open floorplan. While it fosters collaboration, concentration is very easily broken.
- 1.0Not good for developersFinancial Software Developer • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesDecember 16, 2012Pros: Not much, unless you have no place to go.Cons: 1. R&D managers usually hate programming. 2. They do not like CS majors.
- 5.0A great company to work forFinancial Software Developer • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesJanuary 27, 2009Pros: The company offers competitive pay and a great benefits package that is better than investment banks. There is free food. The people working there are friendly, smart, and generally easy-going compared to people at investment banks. More job security than investment banks. Fast-paced work environment and some very interesting work. Ability and talent, not seniority, are recognized and rewarded. Training program for new grads.Cons: The work culture is very unique, with some strict rules. It's much bigger now than 5 years ago, and profit sharing is no longer that lucrative. Some of the senior management's decisions are difficult to grasp.
- 4.0If you're on the right team, Bloomberg can be very rewardingFinancial Software Developer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesJanuary 7, 2014Pros: If you land on the right team, there is a lot of flexibility and great work-life balance. Fortunately, the percentage of the "good" teams is growing steadily, especially within the Derivatives and Infrastructure departments of R&D. There are a lot of opportunities to grow professionally, but you need to forge your own path. Very intelligent colleagues, great ideas. Free snacks and drinks/juice all day, every day. Excellent compensation and benefits.Cons: A lot of red tape (as with many large and successful corporations), meaning that great ideas need a lot of persistence to really take off, or else they will be swept aside for the next money grab enhancement. Some old technologies and implementations are so established that they're tough to supplant with smarter/faster/newer ones. Open floorplan. While it fosters collaboration, concentration is very easily broken.
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