Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York
Process
They ask you what language you are most comfortable with. I said C, and they can screw you in C, no matter how long and how good you are at C, because they have been coding in C ever since they were born.
C++ or Java might be a better option. But they love C. If you can excel in C, you would have good chances of advancing in the interviews.
They love lower-level stuff.
Questions
When a shell program calls another program and that program returns a value, say 42, where is this value stored?
Give a detailed description of what happens then.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 100 interview experiences for the Bloomberg LP Senior Software Engineer role in New York, New York.
Success Rate
Bloomberg LP's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer 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 Senior Software Engineer interview process in New York, New York.
Bloomberg LP Work Experiences
- 1.0The respect shown by management is very poor. They will insult you in every way and ridicule youSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesApril 17, 2010Pros: Free chips and soda. If you work long hours and work for 1.5 persons' man-hours, you will get a 10k bonus.Cons: They make you work 10 to 12 hours and pay only 8 hours for consultants. The architecture is crappy. Any one line of Java code you change, and since you're using free Jetty, it takes 30 minutes to build the project. Why can't they use WebSphere/RAD, which picks up hot deployment automatically? I wonder if the great mayor knows about these bad practices. Somebody should take action. No balance between work-life and personal life.
- 2.0An OK place to work, overall limited growthSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesJuly 19, 2010Pros: Can have access to several different business areas. Easy to transfer between groups. Not very pushy in dating projects. Good place to learn critical thinking.Cons: A lot of proprietary stuff, hard to learn new things. Limited growth avenues. Uninspiring management - more interested in control than in overall growth.
- 3.0Good company, but no career pathSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesNovember 22, 2012Pros: stable and relaxed working environmentCons: Skill set is limited to out-of-date technology.
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