I applied through other source. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Apr 2011
Interview
I obtained the interview opportunity through its Event Career hold in the company. It was a great event, people are friendly and patient about whatever your questions about Bloomberg. Then they sent me an telephone interview invitation soon, which lasts almost exactly 30 mins. Both competency questions and financial technical questions, such as why do people use call option. And also current affairs, which are asked to check whether you are really interested in what is going on in the market.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
If your friend has never heard of Bloomberg, how do you tell him about this company? What do we do.
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bloomberg (London, England) in Oct 2010
Interview
I sent my CV with the cover letter. After about two weeks I got an email with arranged time for the telephone interview. The were basic question - Why Blooomberg and what do you know about it. After that the lady asked me about the latest financial news that I read about, to which I gave a good answer too. But then during the conversation I said that I wanted to do a Masters degree in the future, the person on the phone took it as a negative and said what about Bloomberg in two years ? I think that was the reason why they did not invite me for the interview, thinking that I will leave them in two years and do a Masters. I should now have said that. But to be fair Bloomberg seems to be a kind of company , where one can work for 2-3 years just for the name and them move on.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about the latest news in the financial world that you have read recently.
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Feb 2010
Interview
Very basic interview questions. Talk about yourself, what you know about us, what is some stuff in the news right now. There was one guy doing the interview and it was more like a conversation. Just be able to talk about your resume and why you like this position.