I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Bloomberg (London, England) in Aug 2010
Interview
Phone interview, half in English and half in Japanese, with the standard questions - why Bloomberg, why finance, what are your goals working at this company etc. Also simple finance questions e.g. what is the difference between a stock and a bond, explain what an option is. The Japanese questions were largely the same questions so seems to have been more a test of Japanese ability than further information finding.
Two one to one interviews on separate days. The first was sales focused and there were a number of questions asking how I would sell Bloomberg over a competitor. They also asked me to talk about current business and finance stories - reading the Financial Times or similar for a week beforehand would be adequate preparation.
The second one to one interview was more personality and skill based. This involved a number of mathematical questions, none difficult (what is 15 squared, what is 35% of 20), and further queries on recent financial news.
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY)
Interview
This was 4 years ago, keep this in mind:
3 round interview:
1 phone
1 panel (1 with sales rep, 1 with analytics rep)
1 in person with regional manager
You go in, get an idea of the culture in the department. You get to shadow other HELP DESK reps. You have to be super enthusiastic at all times, they like this.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Tell me about a current event that you were interested in, why?
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Singapur) in Nov 2013
Interview
4 interview rounds. 1 initial phone interview with HR, then 3 more with team members at the office I was applying for, all phone or conference call since office was overseas. Overall a pleasant experience, process was longer than I expected. Mostly behavioral questions. They really emphasize fit, both for the company and for the position. For FSA, make sure you prepare for a hypothetical sales / customer service call roleplay scenario - very likely will come up. I underprepared for that part and didn't get past the final round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Hypothetical roleplay with you being a Bloomberg rep and interviewer being angry client wanting to cancel Bloomberg subscription.