Bloomberg LP

Software Engineer Interview Experience

February 4, 2015

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I got an interview through a career fair held at my college. I had the interview at school with two software engineers, and it was an hour long.

They asked a few fit questions, such as why I was interested in Bloomberg and what I would be interested in working on, for about five minutes. The rest of the time was devoted to technical questions.

I was asked the following:

Find the second-largest number in an array of integers.
Fibonacci numbers. They asked for an optimization to the recursive solution.
Find the height of a tree.
Find the longest path in a tree.

Questions

Find the height of a tree.

Then, find the longest path in a tree.

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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.

Bloomberg LP Work Experiences

Good Pay, Marriage Matters

Software Engineer • Current Employee

October 17, 2021

Pros: Good compensation. Culture of hard work and a can-do attitude. Good support during the COVID lockdowns. There's a big effort to get rid of legacy code. You can get a leadership role if you're married.

Cons: Current return-to-office policy: Employees are expected to work in the office at least three days a week. This is necessary to maintain the company's culture of collaboration and innovation. It's unlikely you'll get a leadership role if you're not married.

Good Pay, Marriage Matters

Software Engineer • Current Employee

October 17, 2021

Pros: Good compensation. Culture of hard work and a can-do attitude. Good support during the COVID lockdowns. There's a big effort to get rid of legacy code. You can get a leadership role if you're married.

Cons: Current return-to-office policy: Employees are expected to work in the office at least three days a week. This is necessary to maintain the company's culture of collaboration and innovation. It's unlikely you'll get a leadership role if you're not married.

Great Balance, Team Dependent

Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Work-life balance. High UK salaries. Good internal opportunities.

Cons: Work-life depends on the team.

Great Balance, Team Dependent

Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Work-life balance. High UK salaries. Good internal opportunities.

Cons: Work-life depends on the team.

Good Pay, Flex, But No Wfh

Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Flexibility, Money, Philanthropy, Good Volunteer Program

Cons: Won't continue work from home after pandemic

Good Pay, Flex, But No Wfh

Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Flexibility, Money, Philanthropy, Good Volunteer Program

Cons: Won't continue work from home after pandemic

Good Pay, Marriage Matters

Software Engineer • Current Employee

October 17, 2021

Pros: Good compensation. Culture of hard work and a can-do attitude. Good support during the COVID lockdowns. There's a big effort to get rid of legacy code. You can get a leadership role if you're married.

Cons: Current return-to-office policy: Employees are expected to work in the office at least three days a week. This is necessary to maintain the company's culture of collaboration and innovation. It's unlikely you'll get a leadership role if you're not married.

4.0
Good Pay, Marriage Matters
Software Engineer • Current Employee
October 17, 2021
Pros: Good compensation. Culture of hard work and a can-do attitude. Good support during the COVID lockdowns. There's a big effort to get rid of legacy code. You can get a leadership role if you're married.
Cons: Current return-to-office policy: Employees are expected to work in the office at least three days a week. This is necessary to maintain the company's culture of collaboration and innovation. It's unlikely you'll get a leadership role if you're not married.

Great Balance, Team Dependent

Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Work-life balance. High UK salaries. Good internal opportunities.

Cons: Work-life depends on the team.

5.0
Great Balance, Team Dependent
Software Engineer • Current Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
April 23, 2023
Pros: Work-life balance. High UK salaries. Good internal opportunities.
Cons: Work-life depends on the team.

Good Pay, Flex, But No Wfh

Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Flexibility, Money, Philanthropy, Good Volunteer Program

Cons: Won't continue work from home after pandemic

4.0
Good Pay, Flex, But No Wfh
Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
June 11, 2021
Pros: Flexibility, Money, Philanthropy, Good Volunteer Program
Cons: Won't continue work from home after pandemic

Bloomberg LP Interview Questions

Two Sum

Find two numbers in a given array that add up to a specific target value, and return their indices. Essentially, you need to efficiently locate the pair that satisfies the sum requirement.

Subsets

Given a set of distinct integers, your task is to generate all possible subsets (the power set). The solution should not contain duplicate subsets.

ArraysRecursionBit Manipulation

Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters

Find the length of the longest substring within a given string that contains no repeating characters. The substring must be contiguous.

StringsTwo PointersSliding Windows

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