I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Dec 2011
Interview
I first attended the recruitment event, which consisted of an introduction of the company, job requirement by HR, followed by a group discussion and presentation task
Got phone call from HR for a first interview later that day and had a 1:1 interview with an Analytics team leader. The interview lasted about 30 minutes. There were some general questions, such as why do you want to join Bloomberg, why do you think you are suitable for Bloomberg, etc. The interviewer told me that altogether there are 3 rounds of interviews, the next round will be held with the team manager and the last round with the Asia Pac leader.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Sep 2011
Interview
Applied online and then received a confirmation email. A week later, HR contacted me to schedule an interview.
There are abundant amount of information out there on Bloomberg interviews. The Interview was not difficult, but because I thought it would all go as expected, I did not recite my answers well enough. On the day of interview, a series of unexpected happenings threw me off balance and ended up improvise certain things. So, I think in the end the presentation was messy, and something I improvised surely gave the interviewer the impression that I was to use Bloomberg as a stepping stone for banks.
Advice: RECITE your answers!!! You never know what might happen on the day and make you lose your normal coolness. Always remember to make the company sound like your one and ONLY dream company, and you only envision your career within the company.
Good luck to you all!