I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Mar 2009
Interview
Went to NYC-- they paid for air travel, hotel-- and started off with a 2 to one interview. The 2 interviewers were extremely arrogant, and basically acted as if they didn't want to be there at work. Only asked about 4 questions-- why are you here, why are interested in finance, what can you tell us about you, why Bloomberg-- very basic, and not interesting. After, they had an employee shadow the interviewees around the office.
HireVue was asking basic questions. When was a time you had to multi-task. When was a time you overcame a struggle. Superday was getting to know you, waking through resume, why bloomberg, couple technical questions, a recent news story you have been following,
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Bloomberg? Walk me through your resume. Pretend you are my sales agent, find me an ideal vacation.
Hirevue, Superday, In person. Hirevue was pretty standard and the superday was hard, but they give you all of the info you need to prepare. I prepared well for everything besides the sales role play, and that's where I messed up. Everything else is exactly how they describe it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Bloomberg?
Difference between sellside and buyside?
Why Sales & Analytics?
Situations that you dealt with upset customers
Hirevue was for the first round of the interview then a superday with two interviewers, one from the sales team and one from analytics. Mix of behavior questions and a roleplay scenario.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you explain what both the sales and analytics teams do, and their main priorities.