I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Sydney) in May 2014
Interview
The whole process was not very stressful. I really enjoyed people at Bloomberg, had great conversations along the way. It felt that I was repeating my self during all interviews. Final stage was very high-pace, covered twice as many questions compared to the previous stages.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Hardest questions were during final interview. Majority of questions were sales-situation questions, such as: imaging arriving at your clients office and seeing 50/50 Bloomberg and Reuters terminals, what would you say to a client, imagine there are only Reuters terminals, what would you say then. Who are the customers, what a bonds, and tell me 3 adjectives that describe you .
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Londres, Inglaterra) in Jun 2014
Interview
I received a phone call basically to check my understanding of the position and my mottivation and make sure i knew what I was applying for. After that a first round in house with two senior manager same style of questions plus role play :sell the terminal to this customer. after that How would an automotive company use the terminal and why sales and analytics. tomorrow final round
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Question 1
how do you calculate a bond and what is the consequence of the reduce of the interest rate by the ECB
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Bloomberg in May 2014
Interview
Very quick process with 30mins phone interview with generic questions. Literally a few minutes after the call I was invited via email to have a face to face interview with 2 hiring manager and have 1h job shadowing. This took place 2 days after the initial phone interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most difficult questions were about financial products and related technical skills