Bloomberg Industry Group Reporter interview questions

The interview process took almost 6 months from start to finish. I was required to interview with a secretary in the company, who I was told would take notes and give to the hiring committee. The interview was very short and awkward. It felt as though the person conducting the interview was unsure of the job. About a month later, I was asked to interview with another member of the organization. That interview was almost the exact same as the first interview. About a month after the second interview, I was asked to complete a very extensive writing exercise. The company gave me 3 hours to read multiple long and dense legal documents then write multiple articles including sourcing and questions. The writing test was something pretty standard for journalism interviews, but this one felt very dense, difficult, and confusing. Only after that was I required to travel to the company (on my own dime) to interview in front of a panel of 6 individuals from the company. It was very excessive and personally time-consuming.

It starts with a very brief phone interview. This had some basic questions about work history, salary requirements and the like- nothing too surprising. This was followed by a 3 hour skill test- first a computer based grammar test, then a writing test for about two hours.