Plum personality quiz, then a 30min phone interview, then an assessment day which included a short intro to the Bloomberg Terminal and a subsequent simulation exercise answering clients' questions via the terminal's chat function. After that, we where split into two groups, each arguing a different side of a predetermined questioned, for which we had 15min to prepare in our group, and then 15min to argue with the opposing group. This was followed by a tour of the building and then an individual interview with two team leaders, after which we were told to get some lunch and expect a call saying whether we had been successful or not within the next 45ish minutes. If you got a call, there was another interview straight away with more senior managers and, finally, another interview after that (a couple of days later)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Bloomberg and not an investment bank/ financial services firm?
What products does Bloomberg offer?
Who are Bloomberg's clients?
How could BMW use Bloomberg ?
What are the different asset classes?
How might a price change in commodities affect BMW?
What are futures?
How does PolarLake (one of their products) simplify data management?
It was a natural conversation. Not tense. Almost didn’t even feel like I was having an interview. Tested both Japanese and English skills. They also asked me about their products
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why did you choose Bloomberg?
Latest Financial news
What did you work hard during university
Begins with a personality assesment that also includes puzzles meant to test pattern recognition. The assesment and the personality quiz takes about 30-40 minutes and requires no preperation before hand.
First was Hireview, 1 Hour interview with two team leaders, and assessment centre, consisting of tests, networking, and a final round interview with two team leaders from analytics and sales departments respectively.