I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Mar 2015
Interview
Brief phone interview, with pretty simple questions about yourself and the Financial Markets. Know your resume very well and be able to talk about highlights that you've accomplished.
I was emailed the next day after the phone interview to come in for their super day. On the super day I had two one on one interviews with employees in both the sales department and analytics department. In all honesty, I'm not quite sure how some of those people got a job there. The guy that was showing us the terminal literally told us that his interview was the first time he had heard the term "Bloomberg Terminal."
Overall I really loved the environment there though. People were really friendly and everyone seemed passionate about what they were doing.
Maybe it's just the immense amounts of food they have around the building that keep everyone motivated.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Describe to me one thing you're following right now in the markets?
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.
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.
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Application
I interviewed at Bloomberg (London, England)
Interview
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.