I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Hongkong) in May 2015
Interview
Position was in Beijing, China, but interviewer was from Hong Kong. Phone interview was conducted in English, and took about 20minutes -with 1 question in Chinese. Told to expect a response in two days.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: Introduce yourself.
Q: Why are you interested in this position, and why Beijing?
Q: What is leadership? Example of yours?
Q: Tell me about a time you were innovative.
Q: Sell me something in Chinese.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (London, England) in Apr 2015
Interview
I received an email telling me that I had got through to the telephone interview, and took it from there. They were very flexible when it came to availability, and worked around my schedule. The interview was very pleasant, but there was much more of a heavy focus on specialist terminology than I had anticipated.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked what I would do if a company was closing down its department that utilised hundreds of Bloomberg terminals. What I would do with the sudden influx of terminals that had no owner.
I applied online. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Durban) in May 2015
Interview
Was a 30 minute interview. The lady introduced me and asked me about my CV. And then questions about Bloomberg: why Bloomberg? Why finance? Bloomberg's competitors? Recent financial news story I've been following. Why do I want to work in sales?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If a client called and said that they wanted to close 30 Bloomberg terminals, how would you convince them not to?