I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Bloomberg (London, England) in Apr 2011
Interview
Was told by the recruiter the interview would be 15 minutes max. turned out to be 30-40 minutes long! Was a normal telephone interview and questions were general (tell me about yourself, why bloomberg, what financial news are you following) as well as situation based.
Hirevue, Superday, In person. Hirevue was pretty standard and the superday was hard, but they give you all of the info you need to prepare. I prepared well for everything besides the sales role play, and that's where I messed up. Everything else is exactly how they describe it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Bloomberg?
Difference between sellside and buyside?
Why Sales & Analytics?
Situations that you dealt with upset customers
Hirevue was for the first round of the interview then a superday with two interviewers, one from the sales team and one from analytics. Mix of behavior questions and a roleplay scenario.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you explain what both the sales and analytics teams do, and their main priorities.
It was quite nice, they were very open and friendly and willing to accommodate, there were quite a few rounds of interviews. It was interesting to see the culture and network