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Bloomberg Software Dev |
| Message Name: |
Not that good |
| Date Posted: |
01/12/2006 |
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Since you have unique skills (PhD in physics), I don't think anyone would care about you being C expert. I believe you can add a lot of value to Bloomberg. However, as other people mention here, management is kind of weird, they don't like smart people, and they can't let smart people go. This is obviously affecting how they treat you. |
| Message: |
Hey,
I had the phone interview yesterday. I am applying for the position of Fin. Soft. Dev.
I don't think that I performed well.
Despite my effort to get ready for the questions on C (I read a complete book on C in 5 days...f%$#% exhausted), it was difficult for me to give a straight and clear answer since I did not get the time to "digest" the info.
Anyway, the panels made an effort to move to another field : physics (the field of my PhD). Obviously, I did well for that. At the end, they asked if I have any questions. And they spent 5 min answering all my questions. The questions were about the prog language they usually use for new products, if they plan to move to another language, educational/cultural bckgrd of the employees of the R&D Department.
Then they ended up the interview by some nice words on my good english (it's my 2nd language).
However, I don't think I will make it to the 2nd round...because of the lack of knowledge for C. They told me that even if you start the training, it is expected a basic knowledge of C.
The overall interview lasted 30 minutes (initially planned for 45 minutes).
That's all.
PS: even though I am not confident with the output of the interview, I continue to learn C ... can't hurt!
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