I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in July 2011
Interview
Very standard interview.
Where did you heard about this position?
Describe the terminal to someone who has never heard of it
Tell a time when you went above and beyond to help a customer
where you want to be in your career next
I seriously thought I did well and the interviewer seemed friendly and very interested. The interview even lasted longer than 30 minutes. Honestly don't know what went wrong. oh well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
describe the terminal to someone who has never heard of it.
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.
Multi step interview process, they have you submit a recorded video interview, then you get selected for a virtual super day where they interview a bunch of candidates at once, then you get an in person. Know about finance and know as much as you can about Bloomberg and its business. Have a good take on AI in finance.