Bloomberg Academy applicants have rated the interview process at Bloomberg with 3.2 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.
Candidates applying for Bloomberg Academy roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 6 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 Bloomberg Academy according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 21%
Phone interview: 21%
Presentation: 21%
Other: 14%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
One on one interview: 7%
Skills test: 7%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Hong Kong) in Mar 2015
Interview
It is a group interview. 4 of us form a group. There are interviewers from different streams such as Bloomberg Intelligence which is my stream, Global Data and Analytics. We are given a 10-page report by Bloomberg and conclude and report to the interviewers. Not hard, just exhaustive.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Would lowering interest rate benefit equity or fixed income
Fast and seamless, was a personality test, then video interview and now in the final stage which is an online interview. Overall very smooth experience. HR is also extremely responsive
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
pattern recognition questions as well as personality questions
Very informative and supportive. The structure was very clear. I like their application portal. You start by filling out the application online, followed by an online assessment, and then an interview.
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Tokyo) in Aug 2020
Interview
The video interview was done through a software/website that records your answers for 1 minute - 1 minute 30 seconds per answer. Takes about 20-30 minutes to finish and interviewee can have enough time (unlimited?) to prepare before recording an answer. Answer can be recorded only once.