The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Bloomberg (City of London, England) in Apr 2011
Interview
Know your cv really well. Be confident, succinct, clear in answering questions. Every other word should be RESEARCH and CUSTOMER SERVICE. Smile and relax. Ask 3 questions at the end.
- Tell me about yourself and your experience?
- Why Bloomberg?
- What can you tell me about culture at Bloomberg?
- Why do you want to work in this job?
- What can you tell me about Bloomberg's Global Data division?
- What do you think Bloomberg business is?
- What can you bring to Bloomberg?
- Why do you think you are a good fit for this position / Why do you feel you would be qualified for this position?
- Do you have customer service experience?
- Do you follow financial markets?
- Any data entry experience?
- What's the difference between fixed income and equity?
- List the 5 key things you need to check to identify a bond?
- How do we get data on bonds/ municipal bonds/ government bonds?
- Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
- What is more important to you – timeliness or accuracy?
- Name a time you went beyond the normal scope of your job to improve or change some aspect of your project or work environment.
- What advantage do you have to set yourself from the other candidates?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If your manager asks you to go out and change the traffic from clockwise to counter clockwise, what would you do?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (City of London, England) in Jul 2011
Interview
Phone interview: One week after my online application Bloomberg called me for a phone interview without prior notice. They were really nice and asked questions concerning the motivation to work for Bloomberg and the particular role. I think, they want to check, if you're really interested in financial markets, Bloomberg and the role. The interview took 10 minutes.
2 further 2:1 interviews at Bloomberg: I was invited to two further interview rounds at Bloomberg, which lasted one hour. The people were very nice and friendly. The interviews were competency based, so mainly questions about skills and the role.
As long as you can explain, why you want to work for Bloomberg and particularly do this job, you're on the safe side. You should understand the role and what skills you need to suceed in this.