Financial Software Developer Interview Experience - New York, New York
Process
Originally, I took a personality test, followed by a timed IQ/Intelligence test. I then received an email to schedule a phone interview.
The phone interview went decently well, featuring a couple of brain teaser questions and one or two very general programming questions.
Following that, I was invited for an in-house interview, which consisted of:
- A 2:1 interview
- A 1:1 interview with a person of higher ranking
- A short meeting with an HR person
The first two interviews were fairly technical, with more brain teaser questions. The entire in-house process took about two hours.
I was offered the job about a week later.
Questions
As city director, you want to build a water tower for your city. What do you do?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 135 interview experiences for the Bloomberg LP Financial Software Developer role in New York, New York.
Success Rate
Bloomberg LP's interview process for their Financial Software Developer roles in New York, New York is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Bloomberg LP's Financial Software Developer interview process in New York, New York.
Bloomberg LP Work Experiences
- 4.0Aggressive Learning, Complicated PeopleFinancial Software Developer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesJune 27, 2012Pros: Pretty aggressive, and you can learn a lot.Cons: People's relationships are too complicated. Not good for engineering experts.
- 1.0Don't come to Bloomberg if you have a choiceFinancial Software Developer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesDecember 2, 2012Pros: Very good compensation, good health insurance plan, free snacks and soda, and breakfast.Cons: 1. There's no career growth at all. There's too much political stuff in this company. I've seen many people who don't contribute more than others on the team but get promoted to team leader or manager, just because they have good personal relationships with their boss. 2. It's not very professional in terms of software development. Bloomberg hires a lot of non-professionals to do the software development. Many people never or seldom developed software before they joined this company. So, there's a lot of poor code waiting for you to maintain and fix.
- 1.0Perks But Toxic CultureFinancial Software Developer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesFebruary 14, 2011Pros: Free food, flexible work hours (if you do not work in trading systems), corporate perks, and a health benefits package.Cons: Backstabbing. Managers behave like dictators with no accountability throughout the chain of command. Outright lies on performance reviews. Performance is proportional to sycophancy. The culture of meritocracy and fairness is being systematically dismantled. Basically, a H-1B sweatshop. Blame the person you don't like instead of the real culprit and get him/her fired.
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