Hello, A friend of mine has an onsite coming up at Bloomberg for a Software Engineering Full Time position (university hire). Her onsite will be coming up soon and was hoping for any advice / tips on the interview. She had a few questions that I have put. Any help would be greatly appreciated as she really wants the job. Thanks! How much leetcode is enough (easy/medium/hard)? Are there system design questions? What is the best way to prepare given a month of prep time? Is the interview as intense as top N companies? What are they looking for in candidates (a few of her friends who thought they did well weren’t extended an offer)? #leetcode #bloomberginterview #bloomberg Thanks for all the help!
Bbg uses a lot of C++. If that's what she's interviewing for, def read Scott Meyers book. They won't ask C++ questions, but expect candidates to follow best practices (at least) laid out in the book.
She has a Java background would they be asking for c++ concepts like memory allocation pointers, etc. She has C experience but strongest language is Java
Depends on position. But I really doubt if she has java background, they would ask C++ concepts. What I said above would only apply to c++ programmers. Disregard my comment.
Blind is not a paid service. Your friend can open an account and ask herself.
OP mentioned his friend is University hire. So might not be able to create an account without employee email id.
Thanks @ldy. She doesn’t have an employee email and is trying her best to get this job. She has been struggling for a while and I posted because the Blind community has a lot of people who can help.
Bloomberg interviews are language agnostic, i.e. the candidate will code with the language he/she is more comfortable with. Expect LC med.
Use the language you are most comfortable with. Don't go for C++ unless this is really your first language. Other than that be passionate about your work, explain why you want to work at bbg. LC easy and medium. Informal OOP class design discussions and maybe system design for more senior engineers
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My advice: a candidate should seem enthusiastic about at least some part of their experience, code in their most comfortable language, be comfortable with basic data structures in that language, check that whatever assumptions they're making about the problems are acceptable, be prepared to analyze the time and space complexity of their solutions, and ask at least one or two questions about Bloomberg, like what their interviewer does or what they like about the company.
this. BBG actually cares a lot whether the candidate cares about them lol. I've seen so many strong candidates that blazed through the questions but couldn't give 2 hoots about the company and got rejected.
lc easy/med
I was asked LC hard.
can happen but unlikely