Ho presentato la mia candidatura di persona. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Bloomberg (Londra, Inghilterra)
Colloquio
Telephone interview (phone call in English) => Language Assessment (phone call in Japanese) => face-to-face interview with the Sales and Analytics Team Leaders =>face-to-face interview with the Sales and Analytics Managers
Domande di colloquio [3]
Domanda 1
Convince me to do what you are currently passionate about.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 2 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Bloomberg (Tokyo) nel mese di giu 2018
Colloquio
Submitted resume online, got an email inviting me to a pre-recorded interview that was consisted of 3 questions. Fun fact: despite the email claiming that the interview would be conducted in English, it ended up that only the first question was in English; the other two required me to answer in Japanese. Had a bit of shock because of that.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Explain in your own words the core product of Bloomberg
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 3 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Bloomberg (Londra, Inghilterra) nel mese di apr 2017
Colloquio
1. Video interview (Questions: Text )
2. Language test (Phone interview)
3. In-person interview (Which took place at a job fair in London in April. There were many small booths sounded by curtains behind stands where companies promoted themselves to recruit students.)
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
[Video Interview]
There were 30 seconds to prepare including reading texts and 90 seconds to record for each answer.
Q1 Please give a brief introduction of yourself
Q2What motivated you to make an application to Analytics and Sales?
Q3 Please explain your understanding of what your day-to-day role would look like working in the Analytics department.
Q4 At Bloomberg, our core product is the Bloomberg Terminal. Please talk me through some of the additional financial products and services we offer to our clients.
Q5 Being interested in the financial markets is critical to the Analytics and Sales role. Please talk me through how one of the following news stories has impacted the financial markets in the past year:
1. The UK referendum on exiting the European Union (Brexit)
2. China's impact on global growth and the implications for developed markets
3. Recent changes to US Federal Reserve monetary policy
Q6 What attracts you to working in a client facing role and what do you believe would make you successful?
Q7 Imagine you are due to meet a prospective client for the first time. How will you make sure the meeting will be a success? What will be your approach before, during and after the meeting?
[In-person interview]
I wanted to get the job before I went to the in-person interview in London because the company seemed attractive to me. This is not only their name, but also it seemed open atmosphere, and employees were from various countries, and they seemed professional.
There were two managers, one American male manager and one Japanese female manager who was his boss.
As soon as she read my CV, she said: “I DON’T understand why you gave up all your career in Tokyo and came to the University in the U.K.!” That was not a question… however, I prepared for such a sort of question.
During the interview, she again said: “I DON’T understand why you want to go back to the same place (i.e. Finance sector)!”. Again, I answered.
Not only those questions that I was wondering, but I was not sure if that was the company’s culture or another thing…and those discouraged me from working for them, and I completely lost my interest in them.
Even so, that was a valuable experience that I had with such a competitive company because I prepared a lot for the interviews. Such experience helped me to get a current great job.