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Updated Feb 9, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Financial Software Developer at Bloomberg L.P.
Posted Feb 9, 2012
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4.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2012 in New York, NY (took a day)
First they asked questions about my background and then I got basic code problem to ask me to print all repeating characters into the form " 'the character' '#' ' the number' ". Then a problem about data structure and the time complexity and how to modify the data structure and get a better performance in time complexity.
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I got the interview through a College or University.
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Financial Software Developer at Bloomberg L.P.
Posted Feb 8, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in New York, NY (took 4+ weeks)
After applying through Bloomberg's website, I received an email about a week or two later saying that I had made it through a round of resume screening and I was asked to take an online skills assessment test. This test consisted of basic IQ sort of things (shape rotations/reflections), or things you might see on the LSAT exam (given 8 statements, what order did the horses place in a race?)
2-3 days after the IQ Test, I was asked to set up a phone interview which took place the following week. Because I don't have a computer science background, they asked "Get to know you" type questions about my past experience, and then asked targeted questions that are basically round-about ways to get you to consider computer science problems.
Within a week I had been asked for an on-site interview, which I went to a few weeks later. This interview consisted of three stages. In the first, I met with three interviewers who asked me questions to gauge my understanding of algorithms and high level design, and they asked me to write down a program in full syntax for the language I had the most experience in (Java). In the second round, I met with a senior member and he asked questions to gauge my interest and fit with the company, as well as to gauge my ability to transition into an IT position from an engineering background (What makes you think you would be happy doing this type of job every day when your experience is primarily in research?) The third and last round consisted of meeting with a man from HR and he asked very general questions, then gave me a super-brief tour around 2 floors of the building.
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I did not negotiate. I saw the salary range that had been posted on this website and thought it was fair, so I accepted it.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Financial Software Developer at Bloomberg L.P.
Posted Feb 1, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in New York, NY (took 2 days)
First had to go through an online IQ-type test, then about a week later was scheduled for a phone interview. The phone interview mostly consisted of technical questions and skill-based knowledge, with a little bit of work history. After successfully getting through the phone interview, I was invited for an on-site interview in New York. Bloomberg took care of all the travel arrangements, including flight, hotel, and a car from the airport. The building was very nice and easy to find. I was given security clearance to go upstairs where I met the HR person who was my contact for the day who brought me to my two technical interviewers. They asked a lot of programming and algorithm questions, and one design questions. Some of the questions were kind of tough, as they were some things that I learned years ago and hadn't needed or touched since. I would recommend that you really brush up on your fundamentals before the interview. I got an e-mail the next day saying that I didn't get the position, so I'm happy that they got back to me so quickly.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Financial Software Developer at Bloomberg L.P.
Posted Jan 29, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 (took 2 months)
1 round phone interviewed. I answered all the questions, with some hint from the interviewer. Was rejected one day after the interview.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Skills Test.
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Financial Software Developer at Bloomberg L.P.
Posted Jan 24, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in New York, NY (took 2 months)
First, On-line test. Problems are like count the number of letters in a sentence.etc.
Then I got a phone interview. probability question, math problems and coding problems.
1. Find the biggest number in an array without sorting.
2. given 99 numbers from 1 to 100 no-duplicate, find the number that is not there between 1 to 100; given 98 numbers from 1 to 100 no-duplicate, find the two numbers missing between 1 to 100.
Then I got an onsite interview.
Since I am not CS major, they just ask you given a array, how to find the two biggest number.
How to randomize a deck of cards. write a program.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Financial Software Developer at Bloomberg L.P.
Posted Jan 17, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in New York, NY (took a day)
I got the phone interview after applying online about 2 weeks, the question is about some algorithms, there are two important questions, the first one is that there is an array which includes 99 numbers, and the numbers from 1 to 100, no same number, how could you find the missing one. The second question is that there are 8 buttons, 7 of them are some, one is a bit little heavier, and you have a balance, how could find the heavier one, you can just use the balance twice.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Financial Software Developer at Bloomberg L.P.
Posted Jan 13, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in New York, NY (took 2 weeks)
I submitted application online on both my university`s career website and Bloomberg career site. One week later I received a notification of completing an online assessment test. After finished the test, I was asked to schedule an phone interview. Two weeks later in the phone interview, I was first asked about why Bloomberg? Why do you discontinue current interest and choose financial industry? Then asked some technical questions about c++, linked list, hash table and BST. After that, three brain teaser questions. Overall, the interview is not difficult, but I think I screwed up because I did badly in behavior questions
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I gave one solution of 3 times using divide and conquer, but the interviewer said that 1 step is possible. So I couldn`t come up with the solution.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Financial Software Developer at Bloomberg L.P.
Posted Dec 15, 2011 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took a day)
Got an interview in their London house with 2 tech guys, was asked basic C++ (pointers, OO, data structures etc ) questions and a logic test. It was a very nice and relaxed hour.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Financial Software Developer at Bloomberg L.P.
Posted Nov 30, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in New York, NY (took a day)
Time limited iq test. Given a pattern what would be the next figure, Count the number of "h"s in a sentence, simple algorithm. Logic questions that you can find on the net and in some books. Took about 30 min.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Financial Software Developer at Bloomberg L.P.
Posted Nov 29, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in New York, NY (took 3 weeks)
I had two rounds of on campus interviews. After which they flew me out to New York for final rounds.
Interviews start off with a short behavioral discussion, followed by coding questions, and finally there is time for questions.
Behavioral questions are very basic 'get to know you' questions
Coding questions are somewhat challenging, and fairly straightforward. Show that you can solve problems and think out loud. Any undergrad CS program should prepare you well.
I had a very positive experience. All my interviewers were very sociable and nice: people I could see myself working with.
The company culture seems to be that of constantly pushing out products with a fast paced release schedule, which could be a pro or con depending on the environment you like.
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