Cool offices, many computer monitors, PCs and Macs, adjustable height (standing) desks, nice lounge areas, lots of free food, and a nice free dinner if working after 7:00 PM.
A very competitive and intense environment. It can be very cutthroat there.
The interviews to get in can be difficult: you typically code live on HackerRank, and they watch you.
Much of the company are programmers, who often work late. The culture is super politically correct.
Bloomberg has his liberal PACs/foundations (e.g., gun control) working out of a floor in the 120 Park building, and they mix in the lounge areas. The media people work in 731 Lex, and they mix in the lounge areas too.
Many things are done on the Bloomberg Terminal (even email), which can be really weird because it is a strange user interface.
Upgrade the Bloomberg Terminal UI to a modern interface. It's not even caught up to 1990s Windows yet.
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1. Technical Phone Screen (45 Minutes) The first interview was a technical phone screen. I was asked to implement a vector in C++. I ended up using a dynamic array approach, increasing the array size as the vector filled. Then, I was asked a few stan
I did it through the career fair. The interview was scheduled on campus after a week. It took about an hour, and I was asked about 3 data structure questions. Then, another round was immediately scheduled. Two more technical questions followed by be
The first round interview involved a brief "tell me about yourself" leading into a quick deep dive conversation about an experience on the resume. Two LeetCode questions followed, one medium and one easy. Both were tagged and listed on LeetCode's "
1. Technical Phone Screen (45 Minutes) The first interview was a technical phone screen. I was asked to implement a vector in C++. I ended up using a dynamic array approach, increasing the array size as the vector filled. Then, I was asked a few stan
I did it through the career fair. The interview was scheduled on campus after a week. It took about an hour, and I was asked about 3 data structure questions. Then, another round was immediately scheduled. Two more technical questions followed by be