I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Aug 2023
Interview
The interview process itself was difficult but ultimately fair, however I really didn't appreciate that I was left waiting so long for a decision, especially after I was given a timeline of 2-3 weeks. After completing the interview process I was told I'd be given the decision in 2-3 weeks. After about 6.5 weeks I finally got a decision: rejected.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Bloomberg, the usual interview questions. I got asked about my collaboration style and how I work cross-functionally, things like that.
Straight forward process, for the design role they were looking for someone with more complex workflows and dashboard design experience. The team was nice and got into asking about the nitty gritties of the design process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you have done differently on this project
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg
Interview
Applied to interaction designer role through their job portal with referral by a friend who's already working there. The UX team sent me a design exercise and promised a timely feedback on my design. I submitted a detailed design process, medium fidelity prototype and a design document. There were never feedback. I waited for 2-3 weeks and finally my friend reached out to HR, then HR sent me the rejection email directly. No words from the UX team whatsoever. I spent a lot of time finishing the exercise but they didn't even bother to reach back to me even they promised so. I mean, as a new grad, I know my approach to the question was probably amateurish in the eyes of their pros, but at least you could try to act polite by living up to your tiny promise.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design exercise: design a small feature in their financial product.
Interaction Designer applicants have rated the interview process at Bloomberg with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Interaction Designer roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Bloomberg overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Bloomberg as a Interaction Designer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 29%
Group panel interview: 29%
Phone interview: 14%
Presentation: 14%
One on one interview: 14%
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