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Updated Jan 30, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.

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3.0

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Overall Negative Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jan 2010 in Tokyo (Japan) (took a day)

Tough one on one interview at a career fair. For an international position, definitely needed a very high level understanding of the local language. Interview required rather intimate knowledge of Bloomberg's various functions and codes. They did not value background market knowledge and news items as much as I had thought going in.

Interview Questions

Tell me all the Bloomberg functions you know or remember.

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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jun 2010 (took a day)

Followed by a phone interview, I had a face to face interview for an analyst position. The main questions were about me, my knowledge of the company and the department I applied for. I found the interviewers harsh in their answers and quite unpleasant to whatever I could have said : Checking their watch, putting pressure on me by asking intensively question with no break,..

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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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1.0

Very Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Aug 2010 in Princeton Junction, NJ (took a day)

Called in, asked few questions about background and experience.

Interview Questions

Tell me about yourself?

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Negotiation Details

No negotiation for this position.

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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Aug 2010 in New York, NY (took a day)

Got a call at 9:10 in the morning - they dont want their people sleeping in, I guess. The interviewer was pretty courteous, very nice. First she asked me to run through my resume. I started with my most recent experience, since it was most apropos. She asked what I knew about the division I was applying for (renewable energies) and I did have a chance to look back over the job posting as well as study up on the "Bloomberg Philosophy" before the phone interview so I was able to fill in some details. She didn't seem too demanding on in-depth knowledge here, so that's fair. However, seemed glad that I knew something.

Most of the questions afterwards were generally about my finance and marketing experience and clarification questions running through my history to see how my career developed. Also,

After the interview she asked for a writing sample - the more quantitative the better. Unfortunately, I didn't have anything terribly quantitative on file so sent her something with both quant and qual, um, qualities.
She also mentioned that I might have to resubmit my application since something went wrong with their system the first time around and it had automatically asked me the wrong questions.

Interview Questions

Tell me about some roles you've doing finance. How about marketing analysis?

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Negative Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jul 2010 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took a day)

1st telephone interview
2nd in-house event consisting of shadowing a team member in Analytic Department and a 2-to-1 interview with recruiters from Sales and Analytics departments

Interview Questions

Why I chose to leave home country after finishing college and to attend graduate schools overseas

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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jul 2010 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 2 weeks)

quick and easy process, received a telephone interview first basic questions. Then a week after invited to an interview in at Bloomberg H.R office. The interview was conducted by 3 members of staff. Overall a good experienc. Bloomberg great company to work for.

Interview Questions

why would you like to work for Bloomberg ?

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed Oct 2009 (took 2 weeks)

Very long interview process:
Started off with a 1 hour test on your financial knowledge
Received a call on the following day to have the first 1:1 interview with the manager in Hong Kong
Then it was a conference call with the managers in US Headquarter
Finally a video conference with a manager in Singapore

Interview Questions

Why do you choose Bloomberg?

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Any stock recommendation?

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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Negative Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jan 2010 in Singapore (Singapore) (took 2 days)

Had a phone interview with HR, went through the basic fare of HR qns; understanding of the requirements of the job, understanding of the company, basic skills, run thru CV etc.

One on one interview was similar, but more in depth. Mostly fit qns, like why do I want to work for Bloomberg, what do I know abt the company, what do I know abt the position. etc. Some situational qns, like what if this happened at work, what would you do. I had a qns on a client wanting some information on data, and he's fuming, what would I do. etc.

Generally alright, but just didn't get a good vibe on the company, most friends who used to work there discouraged me from even applying. Interviews didn't seem too interested in the company, they're more interested in grilling me. Asked them what made them excited abt what they're doing, didn't get a convincing answer.