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You have a C++ program where you are declaring a variable int x = 2. Somewhere in the same function, but much later, you print the value of x and it's 3000. You haven't altered the value of x anywhere, so it's still supposed to be 2. How do you debug this and why might this have happened?
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Financial Software Engineer

Interviewed at Bloomberg

4
Nov 4, 2011

You have a C++ program where you are declaring a variable int x = 2. Somewhere in the same function, but much later, you print the value of x and it's 3000. You haven't altered the value of x anywhere, so it's still supposed to be 2. How do you debug this and why might this have happened?

How would you detect a loop in a linked list? This was a technical question, finding the answer was difficult since I forgot how linked lists worked, but the interviewer didn't mind helping out with hints and guiding me along. They weren't, obviously interested in the exact answer, but how my thinking works
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Financial Software Engineer

Interviewed at Bloomberg

4
Nov 2, 2011

How would you detect a loop in a linked list? This was a technical question, finding the answer was difficult since I forgot how linked lists worked, but the interviewer didn't mind helping out with hints and guiding me along. They weren't, obviously interested in the exact answer, but how my thinking works

1st round : Architecture of my current product, C++ question, design patter implementation, coding problem for in place update of binary searct tree to linked list. 2nd round : Design a system to generate the given output after reading data through the file. Design was discussed for one hour 3rd round : product lead discussed previously asked design questions and gave information about the project
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Financial Applications Developer

Interviewed at Bloomberg

4
Sep 13, 2016

1st round : Architecture of my current product, C++ question, design patter implementation, coding problem for in place update of binary searct tree to linked list. 2nd round : Design a system to generate the given output after reading data through the file. Design was discussed for one hour 3rd round : product lead discussed previously asked design questions and gave information about the project

What did I know about First Derivatives - important to learn about both consulting and product sides of the business. Any recently acquired companies/big product sales announced to market. Publicly listed company so news can be found readily online
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Financial Engineer

Interviewed at First Derivatives

3.3
Sep 24, 2017

What did I know about First Derivatives - important to learn about both consulting and product sides of the business. Any recently acquired companies/big product sales announced to market. Publicly listed company so news can be found readily online

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