I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Jan 2017
Interview
Very easy phone screen followed by invite to a super day in the New York office.
About 10 other people at the super day. It consisted of a group activity, shadowing an analytics rep, two one-on-one interviews and an analytics simulation. Everything is fairly straightforward as long as you have practiced for the interviews. Simulation is easy even if you've never used the terminal.
Followed by two manager interviews on separate days. Received offer a week later
I applied online. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Feb 2017
Interview
First round: Basic phone interview, behavioral and general background questions.
Second round: Superday in NYC consisting of several group activities while being monitored such as ranking things needed to survive on a stranded boat, mock customer service simulation on Terminal, and tour of headquarters. Ended with two one on one interviews with Analytics and Sales managers. One on ones were mainly behavioral for me, and then some questions about market trends, Bloomberg's customers and competitors. Was also asked to pitch an app.
Third round: Final one on one interview with Analytics manager. Viewed some Bloomberg screens and was asked to describe what they meant (ex. index funds, bond indices).
Experience overall was very pleasant, everyone was friendly and enthusiastic.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What types of risk do Bloomberg customers face, and how do they combat these risks?
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (London, England) in Apr 2017
Interview
After cover letter and CV submission, I was invited to take a numerical reasoning test that was untimed. After passing that, I was invited to answer 7 timed (90 seconds) questions. (I suggest practicing succinct answering for that part!) Then I was invited to a F2F 1-hour interview with two team leaders from both sales and analytics. Second round F2F was 1 hour with two managers from both sales and analytics. Final round was 1hr F2F with the regional head of department.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain to me why the price of oil is where it is at now. Why has it gone up and then down so much in the past years.