I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY)
Interview
Applied online, received email next day asking for a phone interview. They gave me three days with time slots that they would call in, and asked me to choose which day works best. Held phone interview 2 days later, and heard back a week after informing me that I had received a second/final round interview. Still in interview process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
3 qualities of a salesman? Why Bloomberg, why Bloomberg, why Bloomberg
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Bloomberg (San Francisco, CA) in May 2013
Interview
After submitting an online application, I had a 30 min initial phone screen with a recruiter and was quickly invited for an in person interview at the San Francisco office.
Interview began with 20 minutes of shadowing a current employee to learn job responsibilities, terminal structure, etc. I was then taken to interview with a current Sales employee. The interview was about 40 minutes and structured mostly around fit questions- why Bloomberg, why Sales & Analytics, etc. The woman interviewing wasn't very pleasant; almost seemed as though she had a retort for all of my responses. The interview also had nothing to do with the actual job responsibilities, which essentially amount to a glorified call center.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a piece of financial news you have been following.