Telephone interview with Bloomberg

I'm pretty sure you'll need to:

• have done your research on the firm;
• be fully aware of current commercial awareness issues, and;
• be prepared for several competency based questions.

Read up on the history of the company and make absolutely sure you understand what you'll be doing in this position, WHY you want to do it and WHY you are suitable to do it. Make sure you are aware of all current equity related issues.

I'd be surprised if the telephone interview is longer than 30 minutes. Good luck - do let us know what happens

Than you for the advice
I'll give you a feedback as soon as I finish

Ok here is a short feedback of the telephone interview . It was a classic HR type phone interview (career motivations type of questions).
it was very short less than thirty minutes and here are the questions I've got:
why bloomberg
what do you know about your position, what do you think it is going to be like?
do you know what bloomberg is doing?
how do you see yourself in 3 years?
she also asked what were my salary prententions and for which other companies i was applying...

This interview was successful, I will now have to take another another which is more technical ( i will have questions about the principle of accouting)

To sum up , the most important is to carefuly research the firm and undestand what it is doing before the interview ... and just be yourself

if anyone has information about equity data research positions and what the job looks like (in real) do let me know!

Is the next technical interview also a telephone interview?

Hi all, do anyone have any clue on the first interivew in bloombeg, as I am going to have one next week and as I know the interview will be group discussion and then presentation instead of one on one unless they inform you to have second interview, please let me know if any have this kind of interview before, thanks a lot

Apart from motivational questions were there any other classic competency questions like 'describe a time when you did xyz'?

I love interview. a true test of mental strength. the technical questions should be based around the research methods which bloomberg curently use, e.g programs and operating systems. my advice would be, call an agency like reed, find a equity researcher position on there, and bleed them for information, e.g what kind of technical skills do you need?? works everytime

That's a good idea. Your only stumbling block is the quality of the consultant at Reed - yo umay have to call a few times before you get a good one who can explain this well enough!

or look for the position on reed, its usually been posted by another recruitment firm, chase up the firm and bleed them for info!

Heres an example to try:

http://www.michaelpage.co.uk/job-display/815229/research-assistant.html

Call them and ask as much info as possible and basically interview them, ask them to assess your current situation and how you suit to the role, then ask what you might be expected to do, ask them questions you think bloomberg may ask you. that way, you'll get smart answers and hopefully well structured!

include some of those skills in your cv if you havent got them already!

• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to pick up new tasks quickly
• Accuracy and close attention to detail
• Ability to multi-task
• Advanced Word, Powerpoint and Excel
• Sound understanding of database modelling techniques (ask what kind of techniques)
• **Preferable experience** within an Equity Research environment

Hope this helps!!!

Thansk for the tips, btw I know I am going to have an introduction for like 3 minutes then group discussion and presentation, so excpet to introduce myself, job experience, what else should I say? any idea? as that is a short one so things have to be short and specific, Thanks ppl

Hi,

I had the telephone interview with Bloomberg last week and they emailed me a few days ago saying they wanted to meet me in person next week. I have to prepare a 30 minute presentation on SIVs CDO's and CMO's. does anyone who has been through this stage know what they expect or have any tips?

cheers