Bloomberg Financial Analytics/Sales interview questions

1st round: (nothing about the position) It was a group interview on campus. There was a case and the HR head asked for a group discussion. Since that was a random story, you have nothing to prepare. But make sure you show your best discussion skills and show your team work to the manager. Then, 3 people from my group had been selected to see the manager right after. 2nd round: Meeting with the manager. He asked me about details from my work and volunteer experiences. Why Bloomberg? Which sector do I like the most? (I said Fixed income) Why is it more risky to hold you asset to a longer time horizon? Why Finance? Competitors?

First Round - Phone Interview Very standard and friendly. I was asked to walk the interviewer through my resume and then answer why I want to work for Bloomberg. A week later I received an email inviting me to the HQ for an interview. Second Round - In-house Interview The in-house interview consists of a demonstration of the terminal, 2, one on one interviews (30 mins each) and a tour of the headquarters. Again, the interview questions are pretty standard: Tell me about yourself. Why finance? Why sales? Tell me about a time when you were bold. Sell me your favorite sport How does the terminal benefit oil companies? Exactly one month later I got an email stating that I had one more interview in-house. Third Round - Inhouse Interview This round is the final and toughest round so you better bring your A game. It consists of shadowing a current employee for half hour. So ask a lot of questions about what he/she is doing. Then two rounds of interviews. The first with 2 team leaders and the last with a manager. The interviews with the team leaders and managers are a mixture of standard fit questions but they can get very technical.They'll ask you questions like: What's going in the markets? How do you think that affects Bloomberg? What would you do if you didn't have to worry about money?