Bloomberg LP

Senior Data Engineer Interview Experience - United States

June 3, 2021

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview process was straightforward and very seamless, just like the interviewer. He was very clear about what their team is actually looking for and trying to establish with the new candidate.

Questions

SQL: Write a SQL query to list all department names and associated employees, even if there are no employees in the department.

Python: Count the number of occurrences an item is present in a list and print the ones with more than one occurrence. List: [1, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4]

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Bloomberg LP Senior Data Engineer role in United States.

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Pass Rate

Bloomberg LP's interview process for their Senior Data Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

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Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Bloomberg LP's Senior Data Engineer interview process in United States.

Bloomberg LP Work Experiences

Cool Place, Great Snacks

Senior Data Engineer • Former Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Great work environment and good snacks at the pantry.

Cons: Really cool place, no significant cons.

Cool Place, Great Snacks

Senior Data Engineer • Former Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Great work environment and good snacks at the pantry.

Cons: Really cool place, no significant cons.

A good place to start a career, but not a long-term place to be

Senior Data Engineer • Former Employee

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Pros: Good work-life balance. The Princeton office has (or had at the time) the perks of meals and snacks. People are generally pleasant to be around, and there didn't feel like a toxic culture.

Cons: - Not lots of upward progression. - You usually answer to business units with somewhat trivial asks. - Didn't really learn too much on the job that benefitted me afterwards.

A good place to start a career, but not a long-term place to be

Senior Data Engineer • Former Employee

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Pros: Good work-life balance. The Princeton office has (or had at the time) the perks of meals and snacks. People are generally pleasant to be around, and there didn't feel like a toxic culture.

Cons: - Not lots of upward progression. - You usually answer to business units with somewhat trivial asks. - Didn't really learn too much on the job that benefitted me afterwards.

Great Environment, Less Creativity

Senior Data Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Perfect conditions and working environment.

Cons: Limited space for "creativity," which creates a feeling of a "software factory." On the other hand, it's understandable, considering the level of support and reliability provided to the customer.

Great Environment, Less Creativity

Senior Data Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Perfect conditions and working environment.

Cons: Limited space for "creativity," which creates a feeling of a "software factory." On the other hand, it's understandable, considering the level of support and reliability provided to the customer.

Cool Place, Great Snacks

Senior Data Engineer • Former Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Great work environment and good snacks at the pantry.

Cons: Really cool place, no significant cons.

4.0
Cool Place, Great Snacks
Senior Data Engineer • Former Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
June 25, 2025
Pros: Great work environment and good snacks at the pantry.
Cons: Really cool place, no significant cons.

A good place to start a career, but not a long-term place to be

Senior Data Engineer • Former Employee

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Pros: Good work-life balance. The Princeton office has (or had at the time) the perks of meals and snacks. People are generally pleasant to be around, and there didn't feel like a toxic culture.

Cons: - Not lots of upward progression. - You usually answer to business units with somewhat trivial asks. - Didn't really learn too much on the job that benefitted me afterwards.

3.0
A good place to start a career, but not a long-term place to be
Senior Data Engineer • Former Employee
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
May 12, 2023
Pros: Good work-life balance. The Princeton office has (or had at the time) the perks of meals and snacks. People are generally pleasant to be around, and there didn't feel like a toxic culture.
Cons: - Not lots of upward progression. - You usually answer to business units with somewhat trivial asks. - Didn't really learn too much on the job that benefitted me afterwards.

Great Environment, Less Creativity

Senior Data Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Perfect conditions and working environment.

Cons: Limited space for "creativity," which creates a feeling of a "software factory." On the other hand, it's understandable, considering the level of support and reliability provided to the customer.

5.0
Great Environment, Less Creativity
Senior Data Engineer • Former Employee
July 3, 2022
Pros: Perfect conditions and working environment.
Cons: Limited space for "creativity," which creates a feeling of a "software factory." On the other hand, it's understandable, considering the level of support and reliability provided to the customer.

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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