I applied online. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Jul 2014
Interview
I applied online and got a phone interview. The phone interview was very straightforward, and the woman was very nice. They asked me questions that are expected, such as why Bloomberg. They also asked why I thought I would be good at a sales role. They expected me to have done some research on the culture at bloomberg.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Name a time when you had difficulty working with a team.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Sydney) in Jun 2014
Interview
Applied - 1 week wait for e-mail about phone interview and time. Few days later had phone interview, on time and very prompt. Straight into questions. Very straight forward questions:
- Why choose bloomberg
- What attracted you to this role
- What qualities can you bring to us
- Explain what the role of sales and analytic involve at bloomberg
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interviewer gave me a scenario question at the end, something about the terminals. E.g. Bloomberg and jardines have terminals placed, the consultant is forced to do something etc and how would you react as a employee and representative of bloomberg.
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Hong Kong) in Jun 2014
Interview
Group interview: how would you plan to invest $1M for her/him. Actually the interviewer is testing your knowledge about current news. So you need to come up with investment ideas supported by recent news. (your investment ideas DO NOT matter) I think the interviewer is trying to screen off those who are not genuinely interested in finance.
Then they give a job shadowing for about 15 mins. Don't be misled by the job title "analytics", it means telling Bloomberg users about how to use its terminal. It's like a chat room on the terminal, so you answer whatever questions that come. And sometimes you need to pick up phones calls.