Why Bloomberg? Why Financial Products? Why Sales? What are Bonds/Options/Swaps/Futures? Which other jobs do you apply for Why is Bloomberg your first choice?
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Why Bloomberg? They want real substance, things you won't find in other companies. Answers like diversity and good amount of pressure were highlighted as great answers by my interviewer. She recommended I look for more great answers though. at least 4 unique ones in total What are BBG products? (She recommended I categorise them like their website does, do not just list them) What is BBG government? How does your previous experience relate to this position? Questions about derivatives (forwards, futures and options) How do companies raise capital? What are the advantages/disadvantages of Equity vs. Debt (Particularly shares vs. bonds) How would you convince a large investment bank to keep their terminals if they were to lay off all the equities department (you can't change their decision about laying off the department)? What skills would this position require? What skills would good sales person have? Why sales? Why finance? What do our clients do with our data? (after they collect it) What decisions are they making? I answered this question before she asked but I am sure she would have asked it: How would a non-financial company use the terminal? (Basically for Risk Management (Commodity, Interest and FE risks), Investor Relations and Cash Management) A recent story in the news you found interesting. Make sure to give your opinion on it and not just say the story. How do you keep us with recent news? That is all I could remember for now :) Good luck!
Lead me through your CV? How would you describe what Bloomberg does to someone who has no clue what Bloomberg is?
Why Bloomberg? What differentiates Bloomberg from its competitors? If a Bank had 300 Bloomberg Terminals, but decided to close down its equity department with 30 Terminals how would you handle the situation? How would non-financial institutions use Bloomberg? Tell me about a finance story that interests you and explain it to me like I dont know anything about finance
Why bloomberg, why this position, how your skills apply to this position? recent news; stock index; team work experience, some financial knowledge about interest rate, exchange rate, and who could be bloomberg clients?
What can you tell me about Bloomberg? Have you used the Terminal?
I was asked what I would do if a company was closing down its department that utilised hundreds of Bloomberg terminals. What I would do with the sudden influx of terminals that had no owner.
Do you have any questions about the sales role? (Caught me off guard since I was concerned about the analytics role primarily)
- Why Bloomberg? Why this role? - Name one BB product other than the terminal - Market share of BB & competitors - Current affairs in finance - What jobs did you apply to other than this one? - Why would Volkswagen get a BB terminal? - Random question about CDS prices on Switzerland??? then how do they relate to inflation - Talk a bit about financial regulation - Understanding of BB culture - If you could restart the interview, what would you answer differently (<- hard question as I was caught completely off guard)
- Sell me something that you like - What are your goals 5 years from now
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