Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - Egypt
November 1, 2018
Negative ExperienceNo Offer
Process
The interview starts by:
- He/She introducing himself and talking about his team in the company.
- I introduce myself.
- Talking about a project of mine.
- Explaining why I chose the company and what I know about it.
- Answering theoretical questions.
- Solving a problem-solving question.
- Me asking him any questions I have in my head about the company.
Questions
General questions, such as:
- Worst-case runtime of a Binary Search Tree and describe when this happens.
- Operating System questions about threads and scheduling.
- Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) questions, like polymorphism, association vs. composition, etc.
- JVM and Java opcode questions.
And some other similar questions of the same type.
Lastly, a problem-solving question:
Find the kth element from the back of a single linked list and implement the linked list.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 9 interview experiences for the Bloomberg LP Software Engineer (Internship) role in Egypt.
Success Rate
11%
Pass Rate
Bloomberg LP's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in Egypt is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive44%
Neutral44%
Negative11%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Bloomberg LP's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in Egypt.
Bloomberg LP Work Experiences
4.0
Great People, Good Snacks!
Software Engineer (Internship) • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
January 20, 2019
Pros: Loved the people, and the snacks! A great company to do an internship with!
Cons: None I can think of. The pay is fairly good, but maybe not as good as some other companies might provide.
4.0
Great Incentives, Stale Software
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Singapore, Singapore
April 7, 2021
Pros: Receive many incentives when working at Bloomberg.
Cons: Lack of innovation in their software.
2.0
Surprisingly outdated software development environment for such a reputable company
Senior Software Developer • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
February 7, 2017
Pros: Profitable company,
name recognition,
resume builder,
frequent talks by industry-leading distinguished speakers,
unlimited free almond milk
Cons: High-stress environment. Company culture opposed using products developed outside the company (in the name of not being dependent on external suppliers). This led to employees having to use buggy internally-developed systems for mail, chat, calendar, bug tracking, room reservations, etc.
Hard work and talent were not rewarded or appreciated. Out-of-touch management did not know enough about industry-standard software development practices to improve morale and efficiency. Poor leadership rewarded employees for undermining peers. Knowledge hoarding among employees for job protection was common.
While the company overtly promised training opportunities for employees, employees were often discouraged from getting training and frequently had to cancel it due to excessive workloads. Some long-term employees, while having plenty of experience with operating internal legacy systems, had no software engineering experience, yet directly managed software engineers.
Industry-standard software development practices were lacking:
* No automated build system (developers hand-built code deployed to production servers)
* No automated testing
* Highly manual software deployment and configuration management
* No integration between revision control and software release systems
* No integration between code review and software release systems
Code base has large technical debt due to poor oversight and no leadership eye toward maintainability and code quality. Employees in a "senior software developer" role spent less than 10% of their time on development, with most of their time spent dealing with manual software deployment and frequent operational emergencies due to software breaking.
- 4.0Great People, Good Snacks!Software Engineer (Internship) • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesJanuary 20, 2019Pros: Loved the people, and the snacks! A great company to do an internship with!Cons: None I can think of. The pay is fairly good, but maybe not as good as some other companies might provide.
- 4.0Great Incentives, Stale SoftwareSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSingapore, SingaporeApril 7, 2021Pros: Receive many incentives when working at Bloomberg.Cons: Lack of innovation in their software.
- 2.0Surprisingly outdated software development environment for such a reputable companySenior Software Developer • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesFebruary 7, 2017Pros: Profitable company, name recognition, resume builder, frequent talks by industry-leading distinguished speakers, unlimited free almond milkCons: High-stress environment. Company culture opposed using products developed outside the company (in the name of not being dependent on external suppliers). This led to employees having to use buggy internally-developed systems for mail, chat, calendar, bug tracking, room reservations, etc. Hard work and talent were not rewarded or appreciated. Out-of-touch management did not know enough about industry-standard software development practices to improve morale and efficiency. Poor leadership rewarded employees for undermining peers. Knowledge hoarding among employees for job protection was common. While the company overtly promised training opportunities for employees, employees were often discouraged from getting training and frequently had to cancel it due to excessive workloads. Some long-term employees, while having plenty of experience with operating internal legacy systems, had no software engineering experience, yet directly managed software engineers. Industry-standard software development practices were lacking: * No automated build system (developers hand-built code deployed to production servers) * No automated testing * Highly manual software deployment and configuration management * No integration between revision control and software release systems * No integration between code review and software release systems Code base has large technical debt due to poor oversight and no leadership eye toward maintainability and code quality. Employees in a "senior software developer" role spent less than 10% of their time on development, with most of their time spent dealing with manual software deployment and frequent operational emergencies due to software breaking.
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