Bloomberg LP

Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - United Kingdom

December 26, 2019

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

1st phone interview for behavioral questions.

Why Bloomberg? What do you know about us?

2nd phone interview for technical questions. The interview is on HackerRank. Basically, you need to design input, output, and give the interviewer the solution.

3rd onsite interview for deeper technical questions.

Questions

Design a song recommendation system.

Given:

Person 1 likes songs A, B.
Person 2 likes songs A, B, C.
Person 3 likes songs A, D.

Based on this, recommend a song list to Person 4: A, B, D (based on frequency).

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 43 interview experiences for the Bloomberg LP Senior Software Engineer role in United Kingdom.

Success Rate

14%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive42%

Neutral21%

Negative37%

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

Bloomberg LP Work Experiences

All-around career growth

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: There is so much to learn from some of the most talented/experienced engineers in the region. Work/life balance makes it a company where people stay for a really long time.

Cons: Hikes could be better considering the inflation and current market trends.

All-around career growth

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: There is so much to learn from some of the most talented/experienced engineers in the region. Work/life balance makes it a company where people stay for a really long time.

Cons: Hikes could be better considering the inflation and current market trends.

This job was a keeper... if you're onsite or hybrid

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Excellent internal mobility Fantastic health insurance

Cons: Don't do remote work, even for experienced hires (beyond one year anyway).

This job was a keeper... if you're onsite or hybrid

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Excellent internal mobility Fantastic health insurance

Cons: Don't do remote work, even for experienced hires (beyond one year anyway).

Great for some, horrid for others

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Working with many smart people, facing great challenges, and seeing high visibility of features to customers.

Cons: Not all people are great. Some bureaucracy. Not a great variety of technology to work with.

Great for some, horrid for others

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Working with many smart people, facing great challenges, and seeing high visibility of features to customers.

Cons: Not all people are great. Some bureaucracy. Not a great variety of technology to work with.

All-around career growth

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: There is so much to learn from some of the most talented/experienced engineers in the region. Work/life balance makes it a company where people stay for a really long time.

Cons: Hikes could be better considering the inflation and current market trends.

5.0
All-around career growth
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
June 12, 2022
Pros: There is so much to learn from some of the most talented/experienced engineers in the region. Work/life balance makes it a company where people stay for a really long time.
Cons: Hikes could be better considering the inflation and current market trends.

This job was a keeper... if you're onsite or hybrid

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Excellent internal mobility Fantastic health insurance

Cons: Don't do remote work, even for experienced hires (beyond one year anyway).

5.0
This job was a keeper... if you're onsite or hybrid
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
March 13, 2024
Pros: Excellent internal mobility Fantastic health insurance
Cons: Don't do remote work, even for experienced hires (beyond one year anyway).

Great for some, horrid for others

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Working with many smart people, facing great challenges, and seeing high visibility of features to customers.

Cons: Not all people are great. Some bureaucracy. Not a great variety of technology to work with.

4.0
Great for some, horrid for others
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
July 16, 2012
Pros: Working with many smart people, facing great challenges, and seeing high visibility of features to customers.
Cons: Not all people are great. Some bureaucracy. Not a great variety of technology to work with.

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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