I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Londres, Inglaterra) in Jun 2010
Interview
I did 4 interviews over a period of approximately 2 months; a phone interview, a 1:1 interview and a couple of 2:1 interviews with more senior people. The phone interview was a conference call between me and 2 interviewers, and lasted for 30 mins. Quite long actually, and included a lot of questions to show my interest in the company, along with some finance questions. I passed this one along with 2 other interviews. The other interviews included finance, sales, customer service and personal questions along with questions about the company and its products. Not quite easy. I wasn't successful in my last (4th) interview. Although the interview as a whole wasn't so bad, the manager who interviewed me didn't quite like my answer to one of the questions. He kept on asking me the same question all over again which stressed me out. I am not sure if it's fair to be rejected after getting this far and for messing up in one question only. My advice is: expect the unexpected and don't put all your eggs in one basket.
The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in May 2010
Interview
After a phone interview with some technical questions and some personal ones, I was invited to bloomberg's hq in nyc. a 4 hour interview there involved an hour long tour, 2 hours trailing and observing employees, and a 2 on 1 interview with management where technical and personal questions were asked. you don't have to know TOO much aboutf inance for sales and analytics positions but do know about bloomberg's share in the market, and the finance community in general
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
what financial stories are you following right now?
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Londres, Inglaterra) in May 2010
Interview
an hr person called me. it was nice, a quick one! only 15mn I think. the lady had a nice British accent. I thought they may use the HR in NY to call me but they Called me from Britain
anyway she asked me about my understanding of the position, I told her what I thought it was. Then the question was about my professional experience, what I learned and what 2 main skills I can use for the Job. My answer was how to analyze an issue or Raw data and synthesize it in a clear and precise explanation or answer to the problem. the second one is how to manage relationship with people in order to understand what they want, get the informations you need to do it but also be able to see what's may no be obvious for them but needed to actually improve a process for example.
the next question was about my understanding of Finance, she told me consider that she don t know anything about it and explain to her the difference between Equity and Bond
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what I learned and what 2 main skills I can use for the Job