I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Paris) in Nov 2016
Interview
I am applying for the summer internship and so far I have gone through 2 rounds:
First I did a recorded interview with my computer and then I was invited the interview with the team leaders in the desk I would work in.
The second interview is usually in London but as I am currently studying in Paris I did it via web conference in the Bloomberg Paris office.
The experience has been positive so far though the HR team has clearly room for improvement.
They are not very clear with the process (I still do not know how many rounds I have ahead) and I had to ask two times for the result of my second round interview.
The HR in charge of my application went on vacation without noticing me that I passed the round and I had to contact another member of the team for the result.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
On the recorded interview I had 5 questions:
-Introduce myself
-Why Bloomberg?
-Bloomberg products?
-Experience on Sales? (I have none so I spoke about a time when I persuaded someone)
-Something in the news recently
Team leaders interview:
I must say that I come from an Engineering background so they didn't really ask a lot of technical questions:
-VERY briefly introduced yourself
Then questions about Bloomberg (Why Bloomberg, values, etc.), Bloomberg products and the questions about what do you believe your role would be in Bloomberg
- What are the main clients of Bloomberg? (here I mentioned a lot and then as an industry example I mentioned BMW)
- Why does BMW want a Bloomberg Terminal?
- What departments in BMW do you think that have the most Terminals?
-Current event, in my case: When Trump won the election, the USD went down briefly and then rapidly up again, why? (interest rate raise of the FED is expected)
-Why does the increase in the interest rates make the USD go up?
-Situation question: I am working and I have to address the questions from a CEO, analyst and high net worth individual? Which one do I deal with first and why?
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.
Multi step interview process, they have you submit a recorded video interview, then you get selected for a virtual super day where they interview a bunch of candidates at once, then you get an in person. Know about finance and know as much as you can about Bloomberg and its business. Have a good take on AI in finance.