Got a phone call interview from Bloomberg Tokyo office By the name and job description, I thought it is the test engineer position But found out that most questions are about software deployment process They want someone to join deployment team something like write deploy script for installing their software in many machine at the same time. I did not have much experience about deployment so I could not answer well.

I'm sure Bloomberg is an interesting company to work for, but unfortunately they failed to really sell this job to me, and I highly suspect I would have had several personality clashes if I had have joined them. Initially had to complete an IKM scripting test. Passed. Then had a phone interview. The interviewer I spoke to sounded like an employee from the bottom of the ladder, and lacked any enthusiasm when describing the role to me on the phone. He also seemed to place heavy emphasis on checking my knowledge of FTP (which was carried through during the entire interview process), which is the protocol most of their feeds are using. As much as I respect this, there are more modern protocols available now for file transfer (rsync, over ssh, etc) and I found it some what backward that we have a global tech company here using a 1980's protocol, which is nearly 3 decades old. Anyway, I then asked him what scope there was for career progression within the business, and he then disclosed to me that he had been in the same position for around 7+ years with no movement. At this point, I wasn't really feeling it at all, and personally, if you have been in the same position for this long, you really should be re-evaluating your career path, and the company that is employing you. They called me in for a face-to-face but this actually involved several video conferences with the US, and not speaking to a single person in the London office face-to-face. And at one point, the video conferencing failed and I had to complete part of the interview with a higher ranked individual by voice only (disappointing). In any case, I was then quizzed on my ability to schedule and manage tasks (the usual stuff) because he "wasn't sure if I was prepared for the work load here" (my previous job was for a trading firm, so I found this a bit presumptuous to say the least). But the nail in the coffin was when I was asked "so what do you think is your greatest weakness?" and after a long pause, thinking in great length about how best to answer this, I said "I get bored easily." Needless to say, this took him off guard, and he appreciated my honesty, but I could tell he was some what rumbled by that response, but the reality is, it was a truthful response to his question. They did not pursue, and I'm glad. As I'm pretty certain I would have got bored. I highly suspect they are seeking drone-type employees for most of these roles, where you are micromanaged to execute fairly mundane tasks, with no scope for personal development, stuck working with a 3 decade old internet protocol (the world has moved on since that).