Bloomberg LP

Financial Software Developer Interview Experience - San Diego, California

June 1, 2010

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

A phone interview that lasted for 40 minutes.

The interview consisted of questions ranging from basic C to puzzles and problem-solving.

Questions

Static in C: Find the middle of a linked list.

Given two eggs, how would you find the exact floor at which an egg breaks when thrown from a building comprising 100 floors?

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The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Bloomberg LP Financial Software Developer role in San Diego, California.

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

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Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Bloomberg LP's Financial Software Developer interview process in San Diego, California.

Bloomberg LP Work Experiences

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.

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.

Long hours, but good office and pay

Financial Software Developer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Excellent and comfortable office. Interesting job and coworkers. Good pay for an internship.

Cons: The hours are long and generally inflexible, with an 8 AM to 6 PM working day (long compared to other software internships).

Long hours, but good office and pay

Financial Software Developer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Excellent and comfortable office. Interesting job and coworkers. Good pay for an internship.

Cons: The hours are long and generally inflexible, with an 8 AM to 6 PM working day (long compared to other software internships).

A Good Company to Start With

Financial Software Developer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Good life-work balance, friendly people.

Cons: Lack of hands-on experience on most of the techniques.

A Good Company to Start With

Financial Software Developer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Good life-work balance, friendly people.

Cons: Lack of hands-on experience on most of the techniques.

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.

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.

Long hours, but good office and pay

Financial Software Developer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Excellent and comfortable office. Interesting job and coworkers. Good pay for an internship.

Cons: The hours are long and generally inflexible, with an 8 AM to 6 PM working day (long compared to other software internships).

3.0
Long hours, but good office and pay
Financial Software Developer • Current Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
July 6, 2015
Pros: Excellent and comfortable office. Interesting job and coworkers. Good pay for an internship.
Cons: The hours are long and generally inflexible, with an 8 AM to 6 PM working day (long compared to other software internships).

A Good Company to Start With

Financial Software Developer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Good life-work balance, friendly people.

Cons: Lack of hands-on experience on most of the techniques.

4.0
A Good Company to Start With
Financial Software Developer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
May 5, 2013
Pros: Good life-work balance, friendly people.
Cons: Lack of hands-on experience on most of the techniques.

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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