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2011 Financial Product Sales & Analytics Program at Bloomberg L.P.
No Offer – Interviewed in New York, NY Dec 2010 – Reviewed Jun 17, 2013 New
Interview Details – I interviewed on my college campus early November 2010. Following the interview, I received an email thanking me for the interview as well as a formal reminder to submit a formal application on their website. I submitted my formal application the following day and immediately received a confirmation email and a "we will be in touch with you shortly" line. Three days later I received a congratulatory email from the main campus recruiter inviting me to attend a second round interview at the NYC headquarters. She provided four possible interview dates and I had to select two to three. Your interview day begins at 8am and all travel arrangements are made at the expense of the company. After an AM group tour and individual interview with 2-3 Bloomberg employees, you find out if you are invited for a final afternoon interview to occur in a few hours. In the meantime, you are given a substantial VISA gift card to go eat lunch (I chose Le Cirque for the proximity). After your final interview (I made it to the final rounds), I received an email from HR four days later confirming the company was not extending an offer for employment at that time. As always, you should follow up with hand written thank you cards regardless of the final decision.
Interview Question – Since this was essentially a sales position, they really look for sales-specific qualities such as experience selling products or services, great interpersonal skills, and high energy. Lacking any of these qualities will likely make a poor impression in terms of suitability for the position. Answer Question
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Global Customer Support Representative (German Speaker) at Bloomberg L.P.
No Offer – Interviewed in London, England (UK) May 2013 – Reviewed Jun 16, 2013 New
Interview Details –
1. Phone call to arrange telephone interview
however, a few detailed questions were already asked at this point
e.g. Tell me about yourself...
What do you know about Bloomberg
Why did you apply for this role...
2.Telephone interview (20/25 min)
*Tell me about yourself
*Why did you apply for this role?
*What do you know about Bloomberg?
*Who are Bloomberg's clients?
*Who are Bloomberg's competitors?
*What do you know about the role and what do you think it entails?
*What is good customer service?
*How is customer service face to face different to customer service via the phone
-and which one is more difficult
3.Face to face interview (Did not succeed past this point)
Same questions as at interview stage 2 in addition to:
*What is Bloomberg's core product?
*What is teamwork?
*What kind of a team player are you?
*How have you contributed to the success of a team?
*How have you resolved queries in a team? What was the result?
*Give me an example of how you dealt with an angry client/customer/situation
*There was also a question on the values of Bloomberg
*Why should we employ you?
*What skills do you believe are needed for this job and then expand on them
EXAMPLE: -Problem solving skills
-Communication skills
-Professionalism
NOTE: You may have to shadow a Global Customer Support Representative before the actual interview, make sure you can talk about it in the interview
e.g. XX displayed excellent customer care by ...
4.Interview with Global Customer Support Representative Manager
Interview Question – What kind of team player are you? Answer Question
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Data Analyst at Bloomberg L.P.
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in London, England (UK) Apr 2011 – Reviewed Jun 14, 2013 New
Interview Details – Just motivational questions.
Interview Question – How do you motivate yourself working with large data sets!?! View Answer
Negotiation Details – no, salary negotiation.
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Financial Sales and Analytics at Bloomberg L.P.
No Offer – Interviewed in London, England (UK) Jun 2013 – Reviewed Jun 13, 2013 New
Interview Details – came across ad for job on university careers website. sent my cv through to the link and arranged telephonic interview which was about 20 mins, After that I was invited to the next round which was a 1 hour video conference with two people from Bloomberg. One of the interviewers was fifteen minutes late and very grumpy!
Interview Question – How good do you think your university education was? View Answer
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Financial Software Developer Intern at Bloomberg L.P.
No Offer – Interviewed in New York, NY Jun 2013 – Reviewed Jun 12, 2013 New
Interview Details – I applied online and several weeks later I received an email to set up a phone interview. After that it took another few weeks to have an on-site interview in New York. They paid for your plane tickets and hotels. It was a 2-1 interview and all technical.
Interview Question – basic algorithms and data structures Answer Question
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Data Analyst at Bloomberg L.P.
No Offer – Reviewed Jun 12, 2013 New
Interview Details – First question they will ask is, tell me more about yourself. Questions asked were how do you feel you can contribute to the company, how do you feel about your previous job, what are your career objectives.
Interview Question – No technical questions in my case. Answer Question
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Intern at Bloomberg L.P.
No Offer – Reviewed Jun 12, 2013 New
Interview Details – Just a phone interview conducted by the human resources department. It was short maybe only a half an hour. I was given a time I was supposed to talk to her and I blocked out about a hour. The next process of the interview would have been a face to face interview.
Interview Question – Tell me about a time where you improved a process. View Answer
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Global Customer Support at Bloomberg L.P.
No Offer – Interviewed in Singapore (Singapore) Jul 2012 – Reviewed Jun 10, 2013 New
Interview Details – Phone interview, group assessment, one to one interview with team leaders, one to one interview with director
Interview Question – Case studies and group discussion Answer Question
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Global Data at Bloomberg L.P.
No Offer – Interviewed in Hong Kong (Hong Kong) May 2013 – Reviewed Jun 10, 2013 New
Interview Details –
30 minute phone interview including standard questions.
e.g. Why Bloomberg?, Why not investment bank?, What do you know about Bloomberg and the division?
Interview Question – How to improve Bloomberg Terminal? Answer Question
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Financial Applications Developer at Bloomberg L.P.
No Offer – Reviewed Jun 8, 2013 New
Interview Details – one phone interview, and one on-site
Interview Question – the brain teaser, and the program correctness problem Answer Question
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