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    Software Developer Interview

    Anonymous Interview Candidate in Chicago, IL
    No Offer
    Positive Experience
    Easy Interview

    Application

    I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bank of America (Chicago, IL) in May 2016.

    Interview

    1 Phone Interview, non-technical
    2 In-Person Interviews, first was about 3 hrs, second was about 3 hrs 30. Mix of technical.

    Technical questions weren't difficult. Everyone was friendly and polite.
    Mostly went through experience on resume and some behavioral questions.

    I knew I was competing with another candidate and ultimately I figured he expressed greater interest in the job than I did since I had good, but different technical experience not relevant to finance.

    Interview Questions

    • Explain how you would design an elevator.
      Search for dict value in sorted array.   Answer Question

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      Software Developer Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate in Charlotte, NC
      No Offer
      Positive Experience
      Average Interview

      Application

      I applied through a staffing agency. The process took a week. I interviewed at Bank of America (Charlotte, NC) in March 2014.

      Interview

      I applied through INROADS so I skipped the first round of the interview process. They called me in to their Charlotte office for the second round. I had three back to back 30 minutes interviews. I was expecting some hard technical stuff but they asked mainly behavioral questions and a few easy technical question

      Interview Questions

      • What are the three main components of object orientated programming   3 Answers

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      Software Developer Interview

      Anonymous Employee in Charlotte, MI
      Accepted Offer
      Positive Experience
      Difficult Interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took a week. I interviewed at Bank of America (Charlotte, MI) in December 2012.

      Interview

      3 interviews. First one a coding written test. A phone interview about design patterns. On sight interview. first group ask about SQL (join) and databases. The second group gave me Coding assignments (finding errors in a code, writing a code to reverse a string, tell what a certain code is doing), last part was a software design task about a project.

      Interview Questions

      • design a calculator that does addition, multiplication, etc...add a scientific and statistics calculators.   1 Answer
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      Software Developer Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No Offer
      Positive Experience
      Average Interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bank of America in January 2014.

      Interview

      Initial HR Phone interview followed by Technical Phone interview and Face to face.
      Technical interviews were standard web programming questions, with hiring manager, developer and senior manager. HR was very professional and did a good job with follow up and keeping me informed of status.

      Interview Questions

      • Nothing terribly difficult of unexpected - questions were ad hoc based on where the conversation went. Asked to explain design of recent system worked on.   Answer Question

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      Software Developer Interview

      Anonymous Employee in New York, NY
      Accepted Offer
      Positive Experience
      Average Interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bank of America (New York, NY) in May 2015.

      Interview

      I was contacted by a recruiting company that set up a phone interview that was partly technical and partly about my background. The technical component was about object oriented concepts and multi threading along with some basic algorithms. The interviewer was very helpful and overall it was a positive experience.

      Interview Questions

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      Software Developer Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No Offer
      Positive Experience
      Easy Interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Bank of America.

      Interview

      Technical Interview:
      - Fizz Buzz (looping 1 to 100 printing "fizz" if divisible by 3, "buzz" if divisible by 7, and "fizz buzz" if divisible by both)
      - Inheritance (asked to write a class and then another that is similar to it, how would the two be related in my design? would they have a common parent or would one be the subclass of another?)
      - What is a pipe in linux? How would you use |grep ?
      - How does multithreading work? What is a mutex? What is deadlock?
      - How would you design a database for this given situation (ER Diagram/Relational model)? Write a SQL query that would retrieve this information in your database design

      Interview Questions

      • Threading/database questions would be difficult for someone that had not taken system programming and databases.   Answer Question

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      Software Developer Interview

      Anonymous Employee in New York, NY
      Accepted Offer
      Positive Experience
      Difficult Interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Bank of America (New York, NY) in August 2011.

      Interview

      Hour long written code test followed by two rounds of interviews with about three people in each round. Some brain teasers. Code test was very difficult and gave me a big headache but my degree in Computer Information Systems and certifications were a big help. I received an offer from another bank and they beat the other offer.

      Interview Questions

      • A windowless room has 3 lightbulbs. You are outside the room with 3 switches, each controlling one of the lightbulbs. If you can only enter the room one time, how can you determine which switch controls which lightbulb?   3 Answers

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      Software Developer Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No Offer

      Application

      I applied through college or university. The process took a week. I interviewed at Bank of America.

      Interview

      There are five one and one interviews in the final round. Each of them is 30 minutes. The questions are combined with both technical and behavioral.

      Interview Questions

      • The questions are related to database and website application knowledge. They are not unexpected and I also think I answered them well.   Answer Question

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      Software Developer Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate in Newark, DE
      No Offer
      Negative Experience
      Easy Interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Bank of America (Newark, DE) in February 2013.

      Interview

      Contacted by recruiter for open position, went to Newark a few weeks later for an in person interview. First met by HR rep whom explained what to expect working at BOA as well as benefits associated with the position. Next I was taken to three separate interviews, each lasting about 30 minutes. First was a "Cultural Interview" which I was asked a few behavioral questions, then a "Technical Interview" in which the hiring manager explained about the position in detail. Lastly was a "Whiteboard Session" in which you are asked to draw a high level design of a project you have recently worked on. Overall the interview went great, but the lack of communication after the interview was severe. I was first told that they had moved on, then later brought back to Newark for a second interview. The second interview lasted maybe 20 minutes and was a complete waste of time. Weeks went by and I never heard a thing from BOA. The phrase "wishy washy" comes to mind when summing up this experience.

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      Software Developer Interview

      Anonymous Employee in Charlotte, NC
      Accepted Offer
      Positive Experience
      Average Interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took a week. I interviewed at Bank of America (Charlotte, NC) in March 2010.

      Interview

      Phone screen, software coding problems followed by an in-person technical interview. Technical interview wasn't hard and they understood that you might not have experience in all of the areas covered.

      Interview Questions

      Negotiation

      As a contractor and needing a job, I didn't ask for much. Base salary I asked for was at or below market average.

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