I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Oct 2014
Interview
Had to meet with a few people, asked questions about currently climate of the industry and why I would like to work at bloomberg. After this section I was told they would like me to stay for the remainder of the day to speak with their head of sales & analytics. I sat down with him and he asked me to sell him an app, I proceeded to sell him an app. After I proceeded to shadow a currently employee, this consisted of me watching her take chats one after the other. The following day I received a phone call asking if i could start within the next 3 weeks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why bloomberg?
What is the currently climate of the finance industry?
Why do I want to be in finance? In reality this isn't a real finance role despite what you may think.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (London, England) in Feb 2015
Interview
I went through three rounds (out of four). All interviews lasted less than 1 hour. The other reviews are extremely helpful in order to prepare interviews. I would just highlight how important it is to review asset classes basics (bonds, options, etc.), specially if you don't have a financial background. Also you should carefully prepare financial news as you will be asked to bring out a relevant topic for you or prompted to discuss one of the interviewer's choice. You should have a good understanding of the most relevant topics, such as ECB's QE (try to remember some figures and specific facts), and also prepare something more focused on the specific region you will be working for, e.g. if you are applying for an Italian speaker position, mention something relevant about the Italian market.
I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Bloomberg (London, England) in Jan 2015
Interview
Phone interview
Just with a guy specializing in sales I think. Very fair and kind.
Tried to get the best out of me, prompted rather than attack. Overall he was very nice, they got back to me very fast with a response from the phone interview. I'd say financial knowledge is not essential, you'll just need to be able to show you're interested and can talk about other skills mostly sales.