Financial Software Developer Interview Experience - London, United Kingdom
Process
The interview process was generally quite straightforward compared to a lot of banks. After an online application, you're required to complete a test, which you can complete in one of several programming languages.
It's very technical and mainly consists of 'look at this code, figure out what's wrong with it' problems, all emphasizing syntax over anything else.
Upon completion of the test, you might be offered an interview. It'll consist of technical interviews with people of varying levels of seniority, starting with the most junior.
The questions are all programming-related, and there are no HR-type questions at all. If they like you, they'll offer you a job; it's that simple.
Questions
You have a large data file, consisting of ten-digit numbers separated by new-line characters. Write a program in C to sort it, using at most 20MB of memory. Make it efficient.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 29 interview experiences for the Bloomberg LP Financial Software Developer role in London, United Kingdom.
Success Rate
Bloomberg LP's interview process for their Financial Software Developer roles in London, the United Kingdom is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Bloomberg LP's Financial Software Developer interview process in London, United Kingdom.
Bloomberg LP Work Experiences
- 4.0A very fast-paced environmentFinancial Software Developer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesJune 23, 2012Pros: Amazing work culture, open discussions. Very transparent.Cons: Very fast-paced. High stress during certain periods of work.
- 4.0Good pay, benefits, and job security; bad technologyFinancial Software Developer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesOctober 1, 2012Pros: Pay is good. Business is slowing down now, but even during the financial crisis, I got pretty good pay and bonuses. A lot of my coworkers quit and work for Google, and they're getting less vacation and about the same salary. Good benefits. Four weeks vacation, good medical and dental insurance (used to be free, but now it's $400 a year or so), and other perks like free entrance to museums and occasional tickets to high-society type events through the company's philanthropy. Nice office in a nice location, with beautiful tropical fish and free snacks.Cons: The technologies they are using are outdated and mostly proprietary. You can become an expert in those technologies, and it will make you more valuable to Bloomberg, but not to anyone else. Perhaps not if you work in a few groups (mobile, bloomberg.com, Bloomberg Government) which use mainstream technologies, but the vast majority of programmers are working on the Bloomberg Terminal, which doesn't really use any modern, marketable technology. Good job security has a price: there are a lot of really bad programmers who break things or never get any work done, and they never get fired. Depending on your team, you could work with smart people, but you might also work with a lot of dumb people. Hours can be long, and you're pretty much expected to be on-call 24/7, ready to log in and debug issues at 4 AM when the London market opens. It's a global business, but most software teams are only in New York, and in some teams, you can get woken up very frequently to fix overseas issues.
- 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.
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