Software Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York
Process
My phone tech interview featured an unbelievably easy design problem, and the onsite interviews consisted of easy LeetCode problems. However, my first interviewer didn’t explain the problem fully to me and let me continue with my misunderstanding.
The second round after lunch was also easy. I found the correct answer for the data structure problem and did okay on the design problem.
I was very disappointed that the first interviewer let me believe I understood the problem correctly. I had been told that interviewers were pretty collaborative, so I was completely blindsided and incredulous when I saw the problem explained correctly later on the Bloomberg LeetCode guide.
Ultimately, I am relieved I didn’t get an offer. Otherwise, I would have felt compelled to quit upon hearing about Mike Bloomberg’s bigoted comments and the toxic, sexist work culture he enabled.
Perhaps I would have done better had I worn high heels, like he suggested women do back in the day. Or maybe I should spend more time in the library instead of Bloomingdale’s—another great suggestion for women to be taken seriously.
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The following metrics were computed from 470 interview experiences for the Bloomberg LP Software Engineer role in New York, New York.
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Bloomberg LP's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in New York, New York is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
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Bloomberg LP Work Experiences
- 5.0Amazing Colleagues, Tech Stack WoesSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesDecember 30, 2023Pros: Great work-life balance. Most people are amazing to work with.Cons: Bloomberg's tech stack can make it hard to work with and learn new technologies.
- 2.0Lots to learn, cool office, but overall oppressive environment, crappy code, and poor managementSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesApril 13, 2012Pros: Great office building. Good salary, benefits, year-over-year raises and bonuses (on good years). Company picnic is fun. Free member access to museums. If you are in the right group, you'll find interesting technology and enough autonomy where you can go crazy and learn a lot. Relatively flexible hours. I didn't work too many hours each week (45/50 max), and I showed up at around 9:30/10:00 AM and left later with nobody really caring (this depends on the group, though).Cons: - Poor management that was really out of touch with developer needs. - Reliance on poor proprietary technologies that hamstrung what you were capable of accomplishing. - Deadlines and project management that would discourage building good software just to "get it done and released." Oftentimes, this would result in things getting out of control very fast. - Very poor testing and development environment. Time was never allotted for testing software, and the development environment was often broken or not a good proxy for the production system. - A slow but noticeable reduction in quality of benefits. When I first joined, there was better food in the pantry (healthier), more cultural events, and more volunteering events. That all seemed to go away. - A severe lack of men's restrooms. Sometimes you'd have to walk up or down two or three flights to find a free stall. - Generally very crowded and cramped work environment. Everyone sits right on top of each other, and so there is plenty of distraction. When people get sick, everyone gets sick. The elevator banks were worse than the 6 train below the building during rush hour. - Decisions about products are made without much input from the developers. Managers and business people were in a world of their own, and developers are treated as contractors when it comes to their influence over products.
- 5.0Solid place to workSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesJanuary 14, 2021Pros: Pretty solid overall. Love it.Cons: None that I can think of specifically.
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