I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Hong Kong) in Jan 2017
Interview
1st round: Video Interview- just a few simple questions, not behavioural type
2nd round: Phone interview with HR- questions based on your CV
3rd round: AC for 3 hours, 5 tasks
1. Sales Role Play
2. Role Play: Solving client's problem
3. Pair work
4. Bloomberg terminal
5. Group Interview- read an article and discuss about it
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Bloomberg?
Why Analytics and Sales?
Introduction of yourself.
What do you know about Bloomberg?
Tell me a time that you received excellent customer service. What is good customer service?
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.