Software Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York
October 1, 2012
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
I had two interviews on our college campus. I received a rejection after that, so I am not sure of the next steps.
Questions
Given a binary tree (not a BST), print the nodes at a given level n passed as an input parameter.
Here is how the method definition looked:
java public void printLevel(Node root, int level)
java class A { public A() { foo(); }
public void foo() {
System.out.println("Class A");
}
}
class B extends A { public B(){}
public void foo() {
System.out.println("Class B");
}
}
class Main { public static void main(String[] args) {
A a = new B();
a.foo(); // Added this line to show the output
}
}
What does it print? Class A or Class B?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 470 interview experiences for the Bloomberg LP Software Engineer role in New York, New York.
Success Rate
12%
Pass Rate
Bloomberg LP's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in New York, New York is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive53%
Neutral28%
Negative19%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Bloomberg LP's Software Engineer interview process in New York, New York.
Bloomberg LP Work Experiences
2.0
Go Somewhere Where You Can Learn
Software Engineer • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
October 29, 2018
Pros: - Great pay
- Great benefits (no-fee health insurance, access to NYC & London museums for free)
- 3-month new hire training program is a good opportunity to make some friends
Cons: Everything at Bloomberg is legacy. Code runs directly on hardware, on machines in the data farms. Some servers are IBM and Solaris, not Linux, and don’t even support C++ compilers from 2011.
Most senior devs have been in the company since college and haven’t learned anything new about the world of coding for years. It is tough when your team lead is both a friendly person but also hasn’t heard of basic coding tools, like `curl`.
I have friends who entered the company with me just a year or so ago out of college and spend most of their time writing Fortran. (If you don’t know what Fortran is, and you’re under 40, that’s probably a good thing.) Bloomberg Terminal frontend apps are written in an esoteric JavaScript framework called Rapid, which is a major headache and won’t help you build skills in any modern frontend framework.
Bloomberg is a good first job out of college in that you get great pay and great benefits, and can use that to establish yourself in a new city (probably NYC) and save up some money/pay off loans. But if you care about growing as a developer, and if you will be unhappy in an organization where people aren’t passionate and there are few opportunities to really learn, leave quickly.
5.0
Good Wlb, Old Tech
Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
November 9, 2021
Pros: Good work-life balance, friendly working environment.
Cons: Relatively old tech stacks for legacy products.
5.0
Rewarding, Progressive Work Culture
Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
March 11, 2016
Pros: Bloomberg is a very progressive company. They provide a ton of value to their consumers and are a rewarding place to work.
Cons: Haven't really encountered many. You gotta work hard to earn your bread.
- 2.0Go Somewhere Where You Can LearnSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesOctober 29, 2018Pros: - Great pay - Great benefits (no-fee health insurance, access to NYC & London museums for free) - 3-month new hire training program is a good opportunity to make some friendsCons: Everything at Bloomberg is legacy. Code runs directly on hardware, on machines in the data farms. Some servers are IBM and Solaris, not Linux, and don’t even support C++ compilers from 2011. Most senior devs have been in the company since college and haven’t learned anything new about the world of coding for years. It is tough when your team lead is both a friendly person but also hasn’t heard of basic coding tools, like `curl`. I have friends who entered the company with me just a year or so ago out of college and spend most of their time writing Fortran. (If you don’t know what Fortran is, and you’re under 40, that’s probably a good thing.) Bloomberg Terminal frontend apps are written in an esoteric JavaScript framework called Rapid, which is a major headache and won’t help you build skills in any modern frontend framework. Bloomberg is a good first job out of college in that you get great pay and great benefits, and can use that to establish yourself in a new city (probably NYC) and save up some money/pay off loans. But if you care about growing as a developer, and if you will be unhappy in an organization where people aren’t passionate and there are few opportunities to really learn, leave quickly.
- 5.0Good Wlb, Old TechSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesNovember 9, 2021Pros: Good work-life balance, friendly working environment.Cons: Relatively old tech stacks for legacy products.
- 5.0Rewarding, Progressive Work CultureSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesMarch 11, 2016Pros: Bloomberg is a very progressive company. They provide a ton of value to their consumers and are a rewarding place to work.Cons: Haven't really encountered many. You gotta work hard to earn your bread.
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