I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Skillman, NJ) in Oct 2013
Interview
Applied online in first week of October, had a phone interview 2 weeks later, and the invited for on site interview. Mostly behavior questions and past work experiences. The office was very interesting and met a lot of great people. Be prepared to answer questions in regards to the current economy as well as how you fit into the bloomberg culture.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Tell me about yourself, walk me through your resume.
2. Why should we hire you?
3. Briefly explain the financial crisis of 2008.
4. Can it happen again?
5. How does current event from other countries affect the U.S. economy?
6. What are your career aspirations?
7. Why Bloomberg? Why not Investment Bank?
8. What makes Bloomberg different from its competitors?
The day before I interviewed, there was an article about FactSet (Bloomberg competitor) cutting about 3000 jobs. I think that definitely helped. Also remember that past work experiences are greatly valued. Make sure you can relate each experience to the job at Bloomberg.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Feb 2022
Interview
First round was with a team lead which was casual and not technical. Second round was with the head of group and another senior person from a vertical group. I was pleasantly surprised to see all females on all my interview rounds.
The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Princeton, NJ)
Interview
First you do the hirevue, pretty easy nothing special here. If selected there is a Super Day, for that there is a 15 min case study and a 30-40 min behavioral interview during the superday. You also have to do a 30 min data test which is again very easy. If selected panel interview and then a manager interview to get decision. Questions are all behavioral and this position is for data analyst not data sciences.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
Case Study - Bloomberg wants to publish an article about a new event. Metrics Time and Accuracy
apt test and video interview whats your goal after graduation, what do you know about bloomberg, have u did any project about data, 3 mins for you to prep and 2 mins to answer