I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Paris) in Nov 2016
Interview
I am applying for the summer internship and so far I have gone through 2 rounds:
First I did a recorded interview with my computer and then I was invited the interview with the team leaders in the desk I would work in.
The second interview is usually in London but as I am currently studying in Paris I did it via web conference in the Bloomberg Paris office.
The experience has been positive so far though the HR team has clearly room for improvement.
They are not very clear with the process (I still do not know how many rounds I have ahead) and I had to ask two times for the result of my second round interview.
The HR in charge of my application went on vacation without noticing me that I passed the round and I had to contact another member of the team for the result.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
On the recorded interview I had 5 questions:
-Introduce myself
-Why Bloomberg?
-Bloomberg products?
-Experience on Sales? (I have none so I spoke about a time when I persuaded someone)
-Something in the news recently
Team leaders interview:
I must say that I come from an Engineering background so they didn't really ask a lot of technical questions:
-VERY briefly introduced yourself
Then questions about Bloomberg (Why Bloomberg, values, etc.), Bloomberg products and the questions about what do you believe your role would be in Bloomberg
- What are the main clients of Bloomberg? (here I mentioned a lot and then as an industry example I mentioned BMW)
- Why does BMW want a Bloomberg Terminal?
- What departments in BMW do you think that have the most Terminals?
-Current event, in my case: When Trump won the election, the USD went down briefly and then rapidly up again, why? (interest rate raise of the FED is expected)
-Why does the increase in the interest rates make the USD go up?
-Situation question: I am working and I have to address the questions from a CEO, analyst and high net worth individual? Which one do I deal with first and why?
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Peking, Peking) in Nov 2016
Interview
The first round interview for bloomberg is a video interview. There are 4 questions in total. One for practice, three to answers. You need to know what products bloomberg have and why you are suitable for this job. So have a look of the bloomberg website and get prepared for the motivation questions.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Bloomberg (London, England) in Dec 2014
Interview
Online form and cover letter
Psychometric tests (Bloomberg's own)
Phone interview with HR - not too tricky just know what a future/option is incase you get asked a technical question
Assessment day (including a 2-1 interview and tour of the office, talks from employees)
Final Skype interview 2 days later with a manager in Analytics