Bloomberg LP

Software Engineer - New Grad Interview Experience

November 15, 2021

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

45min Coffee chat: talk about resume, why BB

virtual onsite 1: 2 median coding questions

virtual onsite 2: 2 median coding questions, with followups for each. One is 1D candy crush, the other is meeting rooms arrangement.

Questions

45-minute coffee chat: talk about resume and why BB.

virtual onsite 1: 2 medium coding questions.

virtual onsite 2: 2 medium coding questions, with follow-ups for each. One is 1D Candy Crush, the other is Meeting Rooms Arrangement.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 21 interview experiences for the Bloomberg LP Software Engineer - New Grad role in United States.

Success Rate

5%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive57%

Neutral33%

Negative10%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Bloomberg LP's Software Engineer - New Grad interview process in United States.

Bloomberg LP Work Experiences

Hardware development intern

Hardware Development Intern • Former Employee

New York, New York, United States

December 3, 2015

Pros: I interned in the security team. My mentors had a lot of knowledge and were helpful. I learned a lot from them.

Cons: No lunches were provided. The internship program is obviously designed for software engineers.

Hardware development intern

Hardware Development Intern • Former Employee

New York, New York, United States

December 3, 2015

Pros: I interned in the security team. My mentors had a lot of knowledge and were helpful. I learned a lot from them.

Cons: No lunches were provided. The internship program is obviously designed for software engineers.

Motivating work environment

Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Very effective 10-week training program. Strong C++ skill set ramp-up.

Cons: Fortran code base maintenance is painful.

Motivating work environment

Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Very effective 10-week training program. Strong C++ skill set ramp-up.

Cons: Fortran code base maintenance is painful.

Interesting workplace

Senior Software Developer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Very fast-paced work environment. Lots of opportunities for learning low-level programming. Open work environment.

Cons: High pressure. Constant changes to management. Recognition not always commensurate with performance. Lack of any privacy at desk.

Interesting workplace

Senior Software Developer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Very fast-paced work environment. Lots of opportunities for learning low-level programming. Open work environment.

Cons: High pressure. Constant changes to management. Recognition not always commensurate with performance. Lack of any privacy at desk.

Hardware development intern

Hardware Development Intern • Former Employee

New York, New York, United States

December 3, 2015

Pros: I interned in the security team. My mentors had a lot of knowledge and were helpful. I learned a lot from them.

Cons: No lunches were provided. The internship program is obviously designed for software engineers.

5.0
Hardware development intern
Hardware Development Intern • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
December 3, 2015
Pros: I interned in the security team. My mentors had a lot of knowledge and were helpful. I learned a lot from them.
Cons: No lunches were provided. The internship program is obviously designed for software engineers.

Motivating work environment

Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Very effective 10-week training program. Strong C++ skill set ramp-up.

Cons: Fortran code base maintenance is painful.

5.0
Motivating work environment
Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
April 16, 2015
Pros: Very effective 10-week training program. Strong C++ skill set ramp-up.
Cons: Fortran code base maintenance is painful.

Interesting workplace

Senior Software Developer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Very fast-paced work environment. Lots of opportunities for learning low-level programming. Open work environment.

Cons: High pressure. Constant changes to management. Recognition not always commensurate with performance. Lack of any privacy at desk.

4.0
Interesting workplace
Senior Software Developer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
March 29, 2010
Pros: Very fast-paced work environment. Lots of opportunities for learning low-level programming. Open work environment.
Cons: High pressure. Constant changes to management. Recognition not always commensurate with performance. Lack of any privacy at desk.

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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