Software Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York
Process
The interview process consists of one technical phone interview followed by four rounds of onsite interviews.
There are two technical rounds with engineers, one with HR, and one with the engineering manager (semi-technical).
Heavy emphasis is placed on resume-related questions. Know your resume like the back of your hand.
Spend time on the technical details of all the projects you list there.
Questions
Phone interview: Leetcode #34 (Search for a Range)
Onsite round 1: Leetcode #117 (Populating Next Pointers in Trees) Check if a linked list is a palindrome
Onsite round 2: Data structure question about stock ticker One open-ended question related to my background
HR round: About career interests, expectations, background, and past projects
Engineer Manager: A very deep discussion on one of my past projects Culture fit discussions
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Bloomberg LP Work Experiences
- 4.0Smart Colleagues, Limited FutureSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesOctober 25, 2016Pros: - Good salary, amazing office, smart colleagues, career progression.Cons: Limited exposure and limited opportunities in the future.
- 4.0Good Pay, Long HoursSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesNovember 9, 2021Pros: Good pay, free Uber rides during COVID.Cons: Busy work hours, no work from home.
- 3.0Retirement culture, mediocre crowd: stay for the stability, flee if you want growthSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesSeptember 23, 2019Pros: + Great work-life balance. + Company/managers take good care of you. + Hard-to-get-fired environment. + Lots to learn as a fresher straight out of college, but run after a couple of years! + Great training programs and resources.Cons: - Culture of maintaining the status quo. - No engineering enthusiasm; best effort engineering only. - Poor UI framework (RAPID!!). - No engineering hierarchy (no engineering level above Sr. Software Engineer!!). - No free lunch; a lot of the cafeteria snacks are not healthy.
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