Financial Software Developer Interview Experience
February 10, 2015
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Applied online. The recruiter reached out to me about a phone screen.
The phone screen involved a HackerRank coding tool, and the interviewer pasted code onto the editor window. After passing the phone screen, they flew me out to their headquarters in NYC for an on-site interview.
For the on-site interview, I was asked to write code on a piece of paper. I believe there were three back-to-back technical interviews and then an interview with HR to indicate that you passed. If you fail any one of the interviews, you are issued out of the building.
Bloomberg paid for my flight as well as a one-night stay in a hotel.
Questions
Implement a function to raise a number to an exponent using your language of choice.
Given a binary tree, find the maximum difference in depth between the nodes in the tree.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 219 interview experiences for the Bloomberg LP Financial Software Developer role in United States.
Success Rate
25%
Pass Rate
Bloomberg LP's interview process for their Financial Software Developer roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive46%
Neutral39%
Negative15%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Bloomberg LP's Financial Software Developer interview process in United States.
Bloomberg LP Work Experiences
4.0
Definitely a good first company to work for
Financial Software Developer • Current Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
April 21, 2016
Pros: - Working with smart people, most of them are ready to help.
- Well-furnished pantry where you can grab a coffee with colleagues.
- Lot of training options for you to learn (even if not directly related to your working domain).
- Possibility to move within the company (change team).
- Get to travel quite a lot, depending on how much you are involved in outside-work activities.
- Philanthropy: if you like it, you can get involved in helping the world.
- Bloomberg matches most of the financial donations you make.
- Flexibility. If you have a good reason, you can have a flexible schedule (6 AM - 4 PM, for example).
- In general, management will try to please employees (as well as interns).
Cons: - Long hours of work, not ideal for work/life balance.
- Team Leader management is sometimes flaky.
- Performance Review Evaluation doesn't seem to be consistent between teams, which makes it unfair in some cases.
- You need to be ready to show off to ensure you get noticed and receive a fair review at the end of the year.
4.0
Great colleagues, huge corporation
Financial Software Developer • Former Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
February 4, 2016
Pros: Working with extremely intelligent, kind, and dedicated people.
Learning opportunities never cease in either financial or technical domains.
Salary and benefits are unbelievable.
The name is well-respected in the financial world.
Very tolerant and patient with new developers.
Offices throughout the world can make travel a lot of fun.
Cons: By virtue of being such a large company with thousands of developers, Bloomberg can't always offer interesting projects to everyone, so it takes a long time to make tangible impact on a product.
Development is very slow because the developer tools are either nonexistent or impossible to use.
There are many incomplete home-brew solutions.
With that said, there has been a lot of effort to correct these issues and retain talent over the years.
There is not a lot of interaction between the various divisions of the company.
2.0
Excellent client focus and good practices
Financial Software Developer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
September 18, 2010
Pros: Bloomberg LP clients are the most important people at Bloomberg LP, without exception.
Implements industry standard best practices and more.
Various benefits as mentioned in many other reviews.
Cons: Frequent changes in library dependencies result in reduced productivity. Too much time is wasted getting your executable to link.
There are an endless list of common technologies used, such as C++, Javascript, Unix, XML, SQL, and GTK, but there is still too much proprietary software and tools.
In most teams, your performance is measured in terms of how well you are able to use Bloomberg-specific technologies, i.e., your mastery of Bloomberg-specific technologies.
- 4.0Definitely a good first company to work forFinancial Software Developer • Current EmployeeLondon, England, United KingdomApril 21, 2016Pros: - Working with smart people, most of them are ready to help. - Well-furnished pantry where you can grab a coffee with colleagues. - Lot of training options for you to learn (even if not directly related to your working domain). - Possibility to move within the company (change team). - Get to travel quite a lot, depending on how much you are involved in outside-work activities. - Philanthropy: if you like it, you can get involved in helping the world. - Bloomberg matches most of the financial donations you make. - Flexibility. If you have a good reason, you can have a flexible schedule (6 AM - 4 PM, for example). - In general, management will try to please employees (as well as interns).Cons: - Long hours of work, not ideal for work/life balance. - Team Leader management is sometimes flaky. - Performance Review Evaluation doesn't seem to be consistent between teams, which makes it unfair in some cases. - You need to be ready to show off to ensure you get noticed and receive a fair review at the end of the year.
- 4.0Great colleagues, huge corporationFinancial Software Developer • Former EmployeeLondon, England, United KingdomFebruary 4, 2016Pros: Working with extremely intelligent, kind, and dedicated people. Learning opportunities never cease in either financial or technical domains. Salary and benefits are unbelievable. The name is well-respected in the financial world. Very tolerant and patient with new developers. Offices throughout the world can make travel a lot of fun.Cons: By virtue of being such a large company with thousands of developers, Bloomberg can't always offer interesting projects to everyone, so it takes a long time to make tangible impact on a product. Development is very slow because the developer tools are either nonexistent or impossible to use. There are many incomplete home-brew solutions. With that said, there has been a lot of effort to correct these issues and retain talent over the years. There is not a lot of interaction between the various divisions of the company.
- 2.0Excellent client focus and good practicesFinancial Software Developer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesSeptember 18, 2010Pros: Bloomberg LP clients are the most important people at Bloomberg LP, without exception. Implements industry standard best practices and more. Various benefits as mentioned in many other reviews.Cons: Frequent changes in library dependencies result in reduced productivity. Too much time is wasted getting your executable to link. There are an endless list of common technologies used, such as C++, Javascript, Unix, XML, SQL, and GTK, but there is still too much proprietary software and tools. In most teams, your performance is measured in terms of how well you are able to use Bloomberg-specific technologies, i.e., your mastery of Bloomberg-specific technologies.
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