J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris plus de 2 mois. J'ai passé un entretien chez Bloomberg en févr. 2011
Entretien
Many weeks after applying online I received a phone call from their Singapore HR inviting me for a news test. I accepted, however when I showed up at the building - the entire building was shut for the holidays. I called the number they gave me but no answer, and the building concierge told me Bloomberg is not there. I immediately wrote to HR (because they don't provide phone numbers), who told me that Bloomberg is open but now it's too late (even though it was about 10 minutes after my interview time) and we had to reschedule. The rescheduled test was about a week later and was fine.
Three weeks after I got called in for an interview. I arrived on time but my interviewer was 15 minutes late. They were then setting up the video conference to include a colleague in Japan. It took them 20 minutes to figure this out, and the guy in Japan was not aware there was an interview. When he finally came to the phone 10-15 minutes later he was flustered, unsure of the role, any of my experience and kept apologising for not knowing anything while he rattled off a bunch of questions about 'What is Bloomberg?" (rephrased in different ways 6 or 7 times)
Another 4 weeks later I received an offer of employment but first I wanted to verify some extra aspects of the role. However any attempt to contact HR in Singapore (only possible by email) was greeted with a form response or an 'I cannot advise' response, and the interviewers in Bloomberg were uncontactable, never returned phone calls or emails and had few answers when I finally got hold of them.
It's always hard to gauge what your work life will be like from on site interviews but past experience has taught me that shady recruitment process = bad day-to-day work life. Despite really admiring Bloomberg, I plan to stay in my next role for many years and wasn't going to put up with sloppiness. Maybe things are better in other global offices or it was just bad timing, but I have to go with what I experienced. I declined the offer.
I was asked by a recruiter whether I'd be interested in a newsletter editing position some time after applying for a different role. I said yes, and not long later underwent a lengthy editing test. After that, I was sent to an interview round. When I got on the call, I was surprised to be greeted by not one, but three editors, and was told they were hiring for multiple jobs (including two I had not been told about prior to the interview). They then proceeded to ask generic questions before wrapping the interview at the half-hour mark by saying they were only able to hold onto the conference room for that long. I had time for a single question before the call ended. After this, they ghosted me.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
What kind of editor are you? I asked them to clarify if they had a specific scenario in mind or just meant broadly. They said: "Broadly."
I did not get the position but I can say that the interview was good, however the testing process aftermath was confusing. The instructions were not enough and thus I lost it. The statement they wanted me to use was incorrect.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Can you evaluate your last position at the company?
J'ai passé un entretien chez Bloomberg (New York, NY)
Entretien
I applied for a job online while I was doing an internship. Since I was already in the system, I had direct access to the hiring manager, and reached out directly to them. If you had already done an internship and apply during the internship, it's more likely to get picked up.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Current affairs question - know the names of world leaders and the major issues in the news.