I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (London, England) in Mar 2017
Interview
1. Submitted application online (CV, and language)
2. Numerical reasoning test, and some short questions (150 words max. Very basic personality questions)
3. Webcam interview (30 seconds to prep, 1.5 to answer)
4. Interview round 1 (this is where they grill you. You have to really want this job to pass this part)
5. Interview with managers
6. Interview with top dog
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
What is something you're following in the markets?
I applied online. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Bloomberg
Interview
I interview for the position in the London office. The interview process - at least in my specific case - was extremely long (around 5 months) and stressful because of that.
It's structured as follows:
- Numerical Reasoning Test;
- Phone interview (October), which is merely motivational (very few technical questions) and lasts for about 45minutes;
- Face-to-face with Analytics and Sales TLs (November). In this specific interview you get grilled with technical questions - so be prepared. Both situational cases and technical questions (define hedging, what is a call option, what is a straddle, sell me an option). In my opinion this was the hardest interview because interviewers are trained to make you feel under pressured and to a certain extent uncomfortable. It lasted for about 1h and 30m;
- Face-to-face with Managers (February). I loved this interview. I felt like they really wanted to get to know me as a person rather than as a candidate to test my fit in the Bloomberg culture.
Overall, tough and long process. But, in the end, I was offered the position so I guess it was worth the pain. (?)
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Bloomberg
Interview
they had several steps:
- Online tests - mathematical one
- Online video interview - 7 questions about the company and aspirations/ the position/ the industry
- Shadowing
- 2 interviews - 1 with manager and 1 with two people from the department
overall is a quite long process and you have to be really motivated to pursue a career in finance
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
7 questions about the company and aspirations/ the position/ the industry