Bloomberg

Software Engineer

Location(s)

New York

Eligibility Requirements

Graduating Seniors

Interview Process

Technical Phone Interview (45 min), 2 Technical Virtual Onsites (1hr each), Final Round with Engineering Manager and Recruiter

Timeline

About 1 month (Late September to Late October)

Behavioral Questions

Case/Technical Questions

Flatten a Multi-Level Linked List

Find periods of free time between meetings in a schedule

How would you store data for a mortgage repayment system with multiple repayment methods and levels?

Determine the number of "lakes" in a grid of 0s and 1s

Design a browser system that implements 2 functions: a visit to a website and determining the top 8 "favorite" sites based on 2 criteria - the 100 most recently visited websites and 1000 most frequently visited websites

Tips

Use LeetCode premium and do the most frequently asked questions tagged for Bloomberg, do some practice with design questions (Bloomberg is starting to ask more design questions lately)

Contact

Amod Mathur, amodmathur104@gmail.com

Global Data Analyst Intern

Location(s)

Princeton, NJ

Eligibility Requirements

Junior

Interview Process

1. Plum Assessment (Online personality assessment)

2. Pre-Recorded Interview (Similar to HireVue)

3. Super Day (Informative, Behavioral, and Process Re-engineering Interviews)

4. Online Data Assessment (Technical Aptitude Test)

5. Final Round Interview with Niche Financial Team (Mostly Behavioral, Some Technical)

Timeline

Applied: September 27th

Interview Round 1 Received: September 28th

Interview Round 1Completed: September 29th

Interview Round 2 Received: October 19th

Interview Round 2 Completed: October 21st

Interview Round 3 Received: October 25th

Interview Round 4 Received: October 26th

Interview Round 3 Completed: October 27th

Interview Round 4 Completed: October 27th

Interview Round 5 Received: November 1st

Interview Round 5 Completed: November 9th

Offer Extended: November 18th

Behavioral Questions

What do you like to do with your spare time?

What role do you typically take on a team, and WHY?

Case/Technical Questions

Tips

Read up on the role before each interview, they ask a lot about what you already know about the role!

Contact

Dovid Zac, dzak19@terpmail.umd.edu