I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Mailand) in Nov 2015
Interview
Quite short online application with CV and Cover Letter. Then got called by HR asking for competency based questions. Make sure you know Bloomberg very well. Then got to the Milan based office for a Skype interview with two associates working in GD in London. They were nice and friendly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Bloomberg? How is GD different from data analysis?
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Sep 2014
Interview
Applied on their website and got a phone call from an analyst in NJ office. The entire interview was about 30 minutes where she started with "walk me through your resume" question. I didn't prepare well and I was nervous, so the interview didn't go very well. In the end, I could feel her cold voice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most are behavior questions such as why this position, why BL, give me a time when you work in a team, etc.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Johannesburg) in Oct 2015
Interview
Overall very friendly people. The interview has no structure so it depends on your interviewers and how you direct the conversation. The telephonic interview and the first round of interviews was fairly simple because I had very lively interviewers. The second stage was very technical and no behavioural questions were asked.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Role of Bloomberg
2. What you think the role entails
3. How your skills suit the role
4. Your weakness and strengths and how they fit in with Bloomberg
5. What is Bloomberg Culture
6. where do you see yourself in 5 years
6. What do you think the day to day job will entail
7. Why is Bloomberg relevant in the current day context
8. What are your interests
9.Discuss a business story that has caught your attention
10. What's the difference between stocks and bonds
11. What data does Bloomberg collect and where would they get it from
12. How would you deal with a situation in which someone doesn't want to give you the data you need.
13. Are you a leader or a follower