I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bloomberg in May 2011
Interview
Telephonic interview consisted of some simple questions regarding the company and how well you know about the products offered by the company. Technical question What are Bonds?.
Selected for the first round of personal interview. consisted of tour of the office and sitting with a current employee to know about the Bloomberg platform for about 30 minutes. Interview was 2:1 with questions Tell me about your self? Why bloomberg? What are options?. Was a good learning experience.
It was a natural conversation. Not tense. Almost didn’t even feel like I was having an interview. Tested both Japanese and English skills. They also asked me about their products
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why did you choose Bloomberg?
Latest Financial news
What did you work hard during university
Begins with a personality assesment that also includes puzzles meant to test pattern recognition. The assesment and the personality quiz takes about 30-40 minutes and requires no preperation before hand.
First was Hireview, 1 Hour interview with two team leaders, and assessment centre, consisting of tests, networking, and a final round interview with two team leaders from analytics and sales departments respectively.