I applied online and received an email a few days later asking my availabilities for a phone interview. I replied saying the afternoon of tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, but didn't expect to get alloted a time 3 weeks from the email. The lady who called used to work in Sales and Analytics and became a team leader recently, she was nice and introduced herself before beginning the interview. First few questions asked were to introduce myself and my biggest achievements, why Bloomberg (and not other financial institutions), what qualifies me for this position, what does Bloomberg do, have I been on the website yet. She then proceeded to ask deeper questions such as what other revenue generation does Bloomberg have other than its terminals (85%), what other products does Bloomberg have, what do I know about the office culture, what kind of other jobs have I been applying to which threw me off a bit, and have I applied to banks why or why not. Finally, she asked me about a recent news story which caught my attention and wanted to know my opinion on it (she will tailor the question to what your news story is). I told her about the recent Greece elections and she asked me who I thought were going to be the winners and losers. I asked her a few questions in return about how she found Sales and Analytics and she was very chatty. She said she will forward her evaluation to further management and they will review, once they have she will get back to me in a few days for an inhouse interview.

Begins with a personality assesment that also includes puzzles meant to test pattern recognition. The assesment and the personality quiz takes about 30-40 minutes and requires no preperation before hand.