I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (London, England)
Interview
3 Interviews: one telephone interview, 2 face to face interviews (2:1) + 1 hour shadowing in analytics department
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Telephone Questions:
How do you start a chat conversation on MSN messenger?
What is the difference between a Forward and a Future?
What do we do in Analytics? A: It's Bloomberg help desk
First and second round interview: more motivational questions and past experience.
Why sales, why bloomberg, what makes them special, summarize your thesis, what did you learn from your past internships, where do you see yourself in 5 years, how much do you want to earn???
I applied online. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Oct 2013
Interview
I met a recruiter at a career fair and then applied through their website. I was then invited for a phone interview in a very informal manner it seem a sit was the same e-mail for everyone. The follow up e-mail to schedule a time for an interview didn't even state my name it started right at the body of the e-mail.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Oct 2013
Interview
Signed up for an interview through university career center and got an email from company recruiter for a phone interview. they set up a 3 hour period and the 15 minute call is sometime between that. most questions revolve around why bloomberg, why this position, why analytics, why sales? etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what financial news have you been following recently?