I applied online and received an automated notice to schedule an interview. The call occurred on the designated day, with no human intervention at all. This didn't say much about how they care about a potential candidate.
But that wasn't the end. The interviewer was like a character from The Matrix, stuck in 1999. After I prepared for linked lists, binary searches, and data structures, Morpheus decided to ask about FizzBuzz!
Wait a minute, what?! How could I show my potential with such a silly problem?
I thought it might be a warm-up question before a more significant one, but after the first quick implementation, he didn't stop there. It evolved into creating a class with a fizzbuzz method that took parameters and ran independently.
I've conducted many interviews in my life, but that was the most boring one ever. It was like going over a tedious shopping list.
Note: There are many posts online making fun of how FizzBuzz was incorrectly used 20 years ago to hire software developers.
I guess that guy was looking for Neo, because I received a rejection letter.
I wanted to use Bloomberg to test my interview skills, but now I see I cannot even use them.
FizzBuzz?
Given a list of tasks with memory usage, CPU, and bandwidth, how would you fit different processes on N machines?
The following metrics were computed from 1,070 interview experiences for the Bloomberg LP Software Engineer role in United States.
Bloomberg LP's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Bloomberg LP's Software Engineer interview process in United States.