I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Aug 2011
Interview
Started out with a phone interview. That lasted about 20-25 minutes and consisted of the following questions (among others):
- Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
- Tell me about your working background
- Why Bloomberg?
- What are your salary requirements
Second interview was in-person, in NYC. Starts out with a quick tour of the office with another candidate and a 'host.' You and the other candidate are split up and shadow other people in the field that you hope to be working in: analytics. After about an hour of sitting with someone as they show you some of the features of the terminal, you are ushered off to a 2:1 panel interview in a private room. Some overlapping questions from the phone interview, I had the feeling I was being gamed (i.e. Good cop vs. bad cop), other candidates felt the same. The interviewers were from the same field of interest (FS&A), asked questions about background, enthusiasm, etc.
After that I was told to return a few hours later for the exact same type of interview (2:1) and after that, I was ultimately told I was done for the day. Second interview consisted of more in depth questions from higher ranking members of the FS&A crew (more years of experience) and wanted to know more about my background, put me in "situational" scenarios, and even know how current I am with news, times, etc. Mentioning that you read Bloomberg is a plus, lol.
Smile, Make Eye Contact and Be Friendly.
made it to final round. all technical rounds were from bloomberg tagged. they care about communication process, when i was stuck or wrong i explained clearly what i was trying to achieve
First round was with HR, who were helpful and transparent around details including process, salary range and job expectations. Had a second-round technical screen for one hour. Started with questions around experience followed by a coding problem. I found it challenging but the interviewers were polite, helpful and fair. Unfortunately did not make it through to the virtual onsite, but the process was fair and appropriate to the role.
First round was HR interview and then it is followed with a team lead interview done online with team. Then 2 in person for a total of 4 interviews. The in person ones are very technical super day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Resume review and excel and synthesize big data Power bi etc.