I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Bank of America (New York, NY) in Jun 2022
Interview
I received a phone call by the interviewer which lasted for 45 minutes. The interviewer covered my experience, after which I was asked technical questions about Python, data structures, and algorithms. During the call, I then had a coding round on CodeCollab which lasted under 15 minutes. Just when I was close to finishing the exercise, I was told that I was out of time. I found this to be an arbitrary and unreasonable time constraint for the problem at hand.
To my knowledge, this firm does not pay a bonus for the first year. If you receive an offer, be sure to receive in writing that you will receive a bonus for the first year as well, failing which you probably won’t. For subsequent years, I expect the bonus to be only half of what they originally promise.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
In Python, what is the difference between a list and a tuple? What is the technical issue with having a function argument with a default value of an empty list? What is a decorator? What are descriptors? How can a Singleton pattern be implemented?
Write a Python function to implement the partition logic of quicksort. The signature of the function is partition(seq: list[int]) → int. Use a fixed pivot which is the number 4. For simplicity, the pivot will always be in the first number in the sequence. The function must partially sort the sequence in-place around the pivot. The function must not create a new list.
I applied online. I interviewed at Bank of America
Interview
Coding questions of easy-level leet code and mostly behavioral questions. you dont have to get the coding questions completely right - as long as you explain your thoughts outloud in the video interview, those answers will be accepted
I interviewed at Bank of America (London, England)
Interview
Phone call. Short explanation of team, then the main part of puzzle solving, including math / probability brain teasers and Python concepts. Also some questions related to skills mentioned on CV. Then candidate can ask questions.
it was easy asked about basic sql database questions and asked about my project i explained about my project but asked me if iam willing to relocate i said no which was wrong it was my first interview so i was really out of myself when i said that