Applied online. Received email few days later asking for availability for interview and one question: To your knowledge, what does analytics (client services) role mean to Bloomberg? Information found in job description of the opportunity that I have applied and similar opportunities offered by other locations.
First interview offer received few days after replying to the email. 4 parts: company intro. 2 group discussion questions. debate with another group. Led by one HR and one team lead. 22 people divided into 4 groups. 1 discussion question is to rank characters of a story (15 minutes including reading the story and discussion). Then debate your ranking with another group. (Few rounds, each round 3 minutes of preparation and about 30 seconds for group members to talk, sometimes all member, sometimes only one group representative, so be proactive.) After that is a financial awareness question for discussion: a client gives your group one million to invest. Explain how the money should be invested with the support of financial news and knowledge. It can be in any sectors and instruments. Advice: know your client, diversification, make sure you look at all sectors and instruments, not only you can pick choices you can also rule out the inappropriate ones, based on the latest market movement.
Receive offer for second interview right at the night of the first interview. One-to-one with the team lead in first interview. Standard question about your CV and behavioural questions.