Bloomberg Financial Product Analytics & Sales interview questions

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Third In-House Interview Head of Analytics 1. Why Bloomberg? 2. Talk me through the negative interest rates 3. Talk me through the oil crisis. Which countries are being mostly impacted by a low oil price? Why is Russia being more affected than for instance Saudi Arabia? 4. What keeps you motivated about technology since it is important within Bloomberg? 5. What other companies/industries have you applied for? Second In-House Interview Analytics Manager & Sales Manager 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Why Bloomberg? 3. What is exceptional customer service for you? 4. How did you react when you had an angry customer? How did you go the extra mile for that customer? 5. Tell me about a time when you were risk taking. 6. Again, be informed about financial regulations such as MiFID II and Basel III 7. When a client asks for the gold price, what do you do to show exceptional customer service? 8. What is the ECB currently doing with regards to the interest rate? 9. How do changes in the interest rate affect the inflation rate? 10. Why Finance? First In-House Interview Analytics Team Leader & Sales Team Leader 1. Why Bloomberg ? 2. Talk me through your CV 3. Tell me about a time when you had to implement something new? 4. Tell me about a time when you had to persuade someone? 6. Besides the Terminal, what are other revenue generating products? 7. What has caused companies in the financial industry to put emphasise on data management? Inform yourself on regulations such as Basel III, Mifid II and the Libor scandal. 8. What is your plan B, if Bloomberg does not happen? 9. Case: If an analyst (forgot about what), trader (wrong interest rate shown in the terminal) and CEO (about an event you should sign him up for) contact you, who do you answer first? 10. Case study: A portfolio manager asks for the gold price. What do you do that is 1) expected 2) exceptional 3) gets you promoted to sales? Telephone Interview 1. Talk me through your CV 2. Why Bloomberg? 3. Why Finance? 4. Bloomberg’s Products 5. Bloomberg’s Competitors 6. Bloomberg’s Clients 7. Bloomberg’s Competitive Advantage 8. A client from Bloomberg wants to leave to a competitor. What do you do? 9. Current news 10. How does deflation affect debt instruments?