The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Feb 2011
Interview
Submitted my resume through my school's job website. Bloomberg called me within a week for a phone interview. Asked me about myself and why I wanted to work for Bloomberg.
They flew me to a regional event. There were about 20 other kids invited to it.
Most stressed question: Why do you want to work for Bloomberg instead of go into Banking.
Know everything about the company. What are their products? Who do they sell to?
Overall good experience - they put me in a nice hotel and did not make me wait long for the interview to start.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Why work for Bloomberg instead of go into Banking?
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.