Overall it is quick and efficient. But the whole process is relatively long. It took me a month-ish and had 6 rounds of interviews with them including the first online application and language assessment.
I applied online. I interviewed at Bloomberg (London, England) in Jul 2023
Interview
Zoom interview with two employees, one from sales and one from analytics department. First I did an online recorded interview and personality test. Required a lot of background knowledge on Bloomberg as well as an explanation as to why one is passionate about certain sectors in finance eg ESG.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (London, England) in Mar 2019
Interview
It was a virtual video interview where questions appeared and you had to record yourself. You had a few attempts is harder questions and usually the the recordings were supposed to be 1.30 minutes long.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you see yourself matching with Bloomberg's culture?
Sales & Analytics Summer applicants have rated the interview process at Bloomberg with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Bloomberg as a Sales & Analytics Summer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Personality test: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
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