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Software Engineer Interview Experience

December 1, 2015
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interviewer started with a resume discussion and OS-related quick questions.

They then moved on to multithreading questions, such as how to handle cases where there is limited time for a needed response.

The interviewer seemed friendly and provided hints and aided in thinking during the course of the interview.

Questions

Send a Tree across a Wire

An M-ary tree is to be transmitted across a network, and the same has to be built on the other side.

cpp void send (Node* n) { print n->name, n->level; foreach(child : n->children) send(child); }

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1,070 interview experiences for the Bloomberg LP Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

10%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive52%
Neutral32%
Negative16%

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

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