I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Londres, Inglaterra) in Apr 2017
Interview
There is already a lot of information on here about the video interview so I will not add to that. Use the information on here! Very useful. I was very prepared for my interview as all the questions had already been posted by another user and while I did not write a script or even come up with the answers in bullet points I had already thought about my answers to those questions.
What I will do in my post is give some insight into the language ability test component since I did not find any information on here about that. My recruiter told me that there is nothing to prepare for it but had I prepared I probably would have made it through (I didn't). Obviously what you are asked all depends on the tester and to be fair they probably aren't expecting you to be on a native level but I think preparation would help, if anything to give you some confidence so you don't hesitate so much (if you are like me and are out of practice in your second language not having used it since leaving school quite a few years ago). I do believe that they are testing language ability rather than actual content of your answers but again, giving half decent answers would help with confidence and thus fluency.
After this phone call you will have half an hour to find a news article (she asked for one in the area of the topic I suggested talking about) and produce a short summary of it in your tested language. Don't spend too long finding an article, I did that and didn't have time to produce a good summary (especially when I had to google translate very specific terms like IMF).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Self introduction
- Talk about something that has been going on in the news
- Explain how interest rates work
- Explain what bonds are
- Explain what shares are
- (Since I gave really crap answers above) Do you keep up with financial markets on a regular basis?
- Why do you want to work for Bloomberg?
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Bloomberg
Interview
First I submitted my resume and they replied with a pre-recorded interview request which gave me three business days to submit. The interview itself was not difficult but I don't think I spoke well enough to convince them. I prepared for it with medium effort and my answers to the questions were a little cliche (because I am still not sure what I want to do and have not so much passion about this position). The result of each step came quite fast so that was nice.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Londres, Inglaterra)
Interview
Online application, Online assessment (basic maths), Online interview (video recording), Phone interview (language), Face to face interview
I've been recommended to apply for different team as a result of my last interview with them. I prepared a lot and was well received but my answers were very much technology-focused rather than customer service focused. It's important to demonstrate that you know what you will be doing and what's required in this role. But this position's staff turnover is quite quick and they don't like seeing people come and go. So you need to convince them that you are suitable for this role and that you will be happy with what you will be doing here.