By Andre Atallah, CEO of EP Advisory
Analytics & Sales Program · London · 2027 start
Open now: Bloomberg sets no closing dateOpen now: check the ad for its closing dateThis year’s London ads have closed
Short answer: Apply now. Bloomberg publishes no closing date for London, and applying early costs nothing.Apply now. Check Bloomberg’s London ad for its closing date, and apply well before it.This year’s London ads have closed. Watch Bloomberg’s early careers job search for the next ones. You need fluent English plus a second language. You apply online with a CV and questions about the role and Bloomberg. Next comes the Plum assessment: about 25 minutes, with no timer. Then a recorded video or phone screen, and an assessment day at a Bloomberg office.
Where are you now?
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The Bloomberg Analytics and Sales application process for London 2027 starts with one online form. The job is full-time. You start in Analytics, giving “24/7 support to Bloomberg users around the world” over chat. Later, most people move into Sales, which the ad calls “the most common career path within the program”.
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Your route to an offer
Pick your stage and tick each step when done. Facts are from Bloomberg’s 2027 London ads, checked 14 October 2026. Prep times are our suggestions.
1. Apply: open now1. Apply: open now, check the closing date1. Apply (this year’s ads have closed)
An online form with your CV. Bloomberg sets no closing date. Check the ad for its closing date. This year’s London ads have closed. Prep 1 to 2 days.
2. Plum: about 25 minutes
An online survey with personality questions and puzzles, no timer. Prep 1 evening.
3. Screen: video or phone
A recorded video or a call with Bloomberg’s recruiters. Prep about 1 week.
4. Assessment day: dates not published
Interviews and tasks at a Bloomberg office. Prep 1 to 2 weeks.
Your ticks save on this device.
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The role at a glance
One London program, four language ads, no closing date.One London program and four language ads. Check each for its closing date.One London program and four language ads. This year’s ads have closed. If Bloomberg has not published something, we say so.
Open nowOpen nowClosed
No closing date from BloombergClosing date: check the adThis year’s London ads have closed
London
With some travel and weekend shifts
2 languages
Fluent English plus one more
No set subject
A degree or relevant work experience
Analytics first
Then most people move to Sales
Not published
Salary and number of places
Where these facts come from
- The ad. Bloomberg’s Japanese speakers ad, checked 14 October 2026. “From day one, you’ll participate in one of the industry’s most comprehensive training programs.” Then you join an Analytics team.
- Travel and shifts. “Willingness and ability to travel around EMEA” (Europe, the Middle East and Africa). You may “occasionally work weekends” or bank holidays, with a weekday off in lieu.
- Nice to have. Python or other coding, client or customer support experience, and Excel or VBA (Visual Basic for Applications).
The four London 2027 ads, by language
- Japanese speakersOn Bloomberg’s own careers site
- French speakersOn TargetJobs, a jobs board
- German speakersOn TargetJobs, a jobs board
- Italian speakersOn TargetJobs, a jobs board
We found no English-only London ad on 14 October 2026. Bloomberg’s Geneva and Madrid events for these roles also list Spanish speakers.
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What Bloomberg looks for
The ad wants people who are “intellectually curious, client-focused, and energized by financial markets”. Show each trait with proof on your CV and in your answers.
Interest in markets
Show it by: one market move you can explain.
Client focus
Show it by: a time you helped a customer.
Multitasking and problem solving
Show it by: a busy week you kept on track.
Learns fast
Show it by: a tool or subject you picked up quickly.
Two languages
Show it by: a place you used both, at work or study.
Interest in technology
Show it by: a tool you used to work faster.
What Bloomberg says, in its own words
- Must have. “Demonstrated interest in financial markets and the financial services industry, with a strong desire to work directly with clients”.
- Skills. “Strong multitasking, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to learn quickly and adapt”.
- Language. Fluent English plus the ad’s language, “written and verbal”, with “the ability to build credibility with clients”.
- Background. Bloomberg welcomes “recent graduates as well as those who have a few years of work experience or who come from non-traditional backgrounds”.
04/10Stage 1 · Apply
How to apply
Apply nowApply nowThis year’s ads have closed
TargetJobs lists 30 November as the closing date. That is on its copies of the ads, with no time.TargetJobs gave 30 November as the closing date. That was on its copies of the ads. Bloomberg’s own ad gives none.Bloomberg’s own ad now gives one, so check it.Bloomberg’s own ad gave none.
Bloomberg does not say whether it reviews as applications arrive. Applying early costs nothing. It says only that review “may take some time”.
Geneva, 26 October 2026. A Discover Bloomberg event for language speakers. Selected candidates may interview the next day.Geneva, 26 October 2026. Bloomberg ran a Discover Bloomberg event for language speakers. Some could interview the next day.
Your CV and your answers come first. Bloomberg reads them before any test or interview.
1
Pick your ad
By your second language
2
Send your CV
Through the online form
3
Answer questions
On the role and Bloomberg
4
Watch your email
For the Plum invite
More on the form, AI and applying from abroad
- The form. You “complete questions related to the role and Bloomberg” (Bloomberg’s text on TargetJobs). The questions are not published. No cover letter is mentioned.
- From abroad. “Yes, you can apply for roles globally”, says Bloomberg’s How we hire page.
- AI. The ad says AI can help you “brainstorm practice questions” or “simulate a role play”. You must not use AI tools “at any point during the interview process”.
Your CV: do and don’t
Do
“Answered 60 customer queries a week in French and English, with a 95% satisfaction score”
A result with numbers, in two languages. Our own example.
Don’t
“Fluent in French”
A claim with no proof.
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Not this route? Other ways into Bloomberg
- Events. Discover Bloomberg: Geneva is on 26 October 2026.Discover Bloomberg: Geneva took place on 26 October 2026. Discover Bloomberg: Madrid is on 3 November 2026. Both are for language speakers who can start in London in 2027. Check each page for the time.Discover Bloomberg: Madrid took place on 3 November 2026. Both were for language speakers who can start in London in 2027. Check Bloomberg’s events pages for new dates.
- Customer Support, London. Two 2027 ads were open on 14 October 2026:Bloomberg has two 2027 ads:Two 2027 ads, now closed: language speakers (German, French, Italian, Spanish or Portuguese) and Japanese and Mandarin speakers. Both say: “Unfortunately we cannot sponsor VISAs for this role”.
- Other cities. Bloomberg’s early careers job search also listed 2027 Analytics & Sales ads in Singapore when we checked on 14 October 2026. They were for languages such as Mandarin, Thai and Vietnamese.Check Bloomberg’s early careers job search for 2027 Analytics & Sales ads in Singapore, for languages such as Mandarin, Thai and Vietnamese.Bloomberg’s 2027 Analytics & Sales ads in Singapore have closed. Check Bloomberg’s early careers job search for new ones.
- Still studying? Bloomberg runs student programmes and internships of “six to ten weeks or some can span up to six months”.
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The Bloomberg Plum assessment
Bloomberg says certain entry-level roles “also require a Plum assessment”. Plum’s survey has five sections and no timer. You can pause and come back.
About 25 min
No timer, and you can pause
5 sections
Three about how you work, two puzzles
Once a year
The earliest you can retake it
Bloomberg’s text on TargetJobs says the Analytics & Sales assessment takes “approximately 25 minutes” and measures qualities “such as cognitive ability”. The section facts are from Plum’s FAQ.
Step through the Plum survey
Survey: Sections 1, 3 and 5
The start page
Your invite link opens a start page with your employer’s name, and you click Start Survey when you have about 25 quiet minutes.
Section 1: statements
For each set of three statements, you tick the one least like you and the one most like you, then click Next.
Section 3: words
From a list of ten words, you tick three least like you and three most like you, never the same word twice.
Section 5: work situations
You read a short work situation and tick the least effective and the most effective of four responses.
Your Plum Profile
When you finish, you see your Plum Profile, which shows your top three of the ten Plum Talents.
Your moves
- Make every pick a question needs. Next stays grey until you do.
- Answer as you are. Bloomberg asks you to represent yourself “accurately and honestly”.
- In Section 3, click a word again to unselect it before you move it.
Puzzles: Sections 2 and 4
Instructions and example
Sections 2 and 4 open with instructions and an example puzzle with a short video, which you watch but do not answer.
Pick the missing piece
You click or tap the one piece out of five that comes next in the sequence, then click Next.
Your moves
- Watch the example. You do not answer it.
- Look for what changes from one step to the next.
- Click or tap a piece. The puzzles are not drag and drop.
Our own simplified drawings of Plum’s screens, not screenshots. They show the layout, not the real colours. The review screen at the end is not drawn, as we found no image of it.
The rules: allowed and banned
Allowed
- Breaks: exit and come back, answers saved
- A full review at the end, from question 1
- A computer or tablet with Chrome
- Adjustments, if you ask Bloomberg
Banned
- AI tools that answer for you
- Help from anyone else
- The browser’s Back button: use the survey’s own
No calculator is needed and no question uses sound. The banned list is our reading of Bloomberg’s honesty rule, which covers all resources, “including, but not limited to, AI”.
On the day: invite, breaks, review and results
- The invite. Plum’s email subject reads “(Company Name) is moving you to the next stage in their hiring process”. Check spam if it is missing. The employer may set a deadline.
- Breaks. “You can exit the Discovery Survey at any time and come back later. Your previous answers will be saved.”
- Review. After the last question, review takes you “back to the very beginning”. You go through to the end to submit.
- Your result. You see your Plum Profile, with your top three Talents. Bloomberg sees a Match Score from 30 to 99. You do not.
- Retake. Only “one year after your last assessment”. Other employers that use Plum can reuse your profile.
Go further: the best outside help
Our own picks, checked on 14 October 2026. We are not linked to any of these sites and earn nothing from them.
From Plum, the test maker
- Plum Discovery Survey FAQsPlum help centre · no account neededPlum’s own answers on length, timing, breaks and how review works.Free
- What does the Discovery Survey measure?Plum help centre · no account neededThe five sections in order, and what you pick in each.Free
- Can I re-do the assessment?Plum help centre · no account neededOne sitting a year, reused for other employers. Give it your full attention.Free
Skip Plum “practice tests”, answer keys and AI helpers. Plum publishes no practice test, so these guess. Bloomberg asks you to answer honestly.
Next: sharpen your pattern spotting for the puzzle sections with our guide to psychometric and logic tests.
06/10Stage 3 · Interviews
Bloomberg interviews: video and in person
Bloomberg screens with a video or phone interview, run by its own recruiters. Its text on TargetJobs describes a recorded video of 10 to 15 minutes.
ScreenRecorded video or call
The role · Your experience · Bloomberg
Assessment dayAt a Bloomberg office
Managers · Team leaders · Tasks
Second language. If the role has a language requirement, “you may be required to answer questions in that language and in English” (Bloomberg’s text on TargetJobs).
What is and is not published about the video
- Published. Find “a quiet place with access to a computer and WiFi for 10-15 minutes”. You record answers to questions “about the role, your experience, and Bloomberg”.
- Why. It checks skills “such as language proficiency, verbal presentation and/or technical abilities” (How we hire).
- Not published. The platform, the number of questions, prep and answer times, and retakes. Your invite will say.
How to answer: one example per question
Bloomberg’s recruiter says to “frame your answers around a single piece of evidence or a single example” and to “avoid scripted answers”. Build each answer in four parts:
Your point
Answer the question in one line.
One example
One time, one place, one task.
Your part
What you did, with a number.
The link
Why it matters for clients.
Follow-ups to rehearse
What exactly did you do?How would you explain that to a client?What is moving markets today?Why Bloomberg?
The four parts and the follow-ups are ours.
Bloomberg’s own advice: know your motivation, your “long-term career goals” and “Bloomberg’s business”. Have “a few questions prepared for your interviewer” too. See our guides on how to pass a job interview and the toughest interview questions.
Practise: one question at a time
Motivation questions
Bloomberg publishes no question list. These prompts are ours, built from the topics it names: the role, your experience, Bloomberg and your career goals.
Motivation
Why Bloomberg?
What they’re testing: that you understand Bloomberg’s business.
Show a strong answer
- Name the Terminal, the clients who use it and one thing you have read or used. Link it to what you want to learn.
The role
Why Analytics and Sales?
What they’re testing: that you want a client-facing job.
Show a strong answer
- Say you want to solve client problems first, then build relationships in Sales. That is the path the ad describes.
Career
Where do you want your career to go?
What they’re testing: long-term fit.
Show a strong answer
- Bloomberg’s recruiter says to “be prepared to talk about your future career”. Give a direction, such as Sales, and the skills you will build.
Your turn
What questions do you have for us?
What they’re testing: real curiosity.
Show a strong answer
- Ask two: one about training, one about how teams work with clients. Skip anything the ad already answers.
Experience questions
Our prompts, built from the traits in the ad. Answer each with one example.
Clients
Tell me about a time you helped a customer with a problem.
What they’re testing: client focus.
Show a strong answer
- One customer, the problem, what you did, and how you knew it worked.
Learning
Tell me about a time you learned something new quickly.
What they’re testing: the “ability to learn quickly and adapt”.
Show a strong answer
- A tool, subject or job you picked up fast. Say how long it took and what you did with it.
Multitasking
Tell me about a time you had several tasks at once.
What they’re testing: calm under pressure.
Show a strong answer
- The tasks, how you ranked them, and the result. Then what you would do differently.
Languages
Tell me about a time you used your second language at work or study.
What they’re testing: that clients can rely on it.
Show a strong answer
- A real exchange: who, why and the outcome. Be ready to give this answer in that language.
Markets and clients questions
Our prompts. Bloomberg’s recruiter says to know “what’s affecting financial markets” before you record.
Markets
What is moving financial markets this week?
What they’re testing: a daily habit.
Show a strong answer
- One move, with one number. Why it moved, and which Bloomberg clients would care.
Clients
A client says a number on their screen looks wrong. What do you do?
What they’re testing: careful, calm client help.
Show a strong answer
- Listen, repeat the problem back, then check the source. Explain what you found, and say when you will follow up.
Explain
Explain inflation to someone new to finance.
What they’re testing: plain explanations.
Show a strong answer
- One sentence, one everyday example, then why it matters to an investor.
Technology
Which technology could change how clients work?
What they’re testing: the ad’s “interest in innovative technologies”.
Show a strong answer
- Pick one, such as AI tools or Python. Say which task it makes faster, and one risk.
Your story bank: a worksheet to print or copy
Two stories for each trait the ad names. Practise them out loud, in English and in your second language.
| Trait | Story 1 | Story 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Interest in markets | ||
| Client focus | ||
| Multitasking | ||
| Problem solving | ||
| Learning quickly | ||
| Communication |
Go further: the best outside help
Our own picks, checked on 14 October 2026. We are not linked to any of these sites and earn nothing from them.
From Bloomberg
- Pre-recorded video interview: pro-tipsBloomberg on Vimeo · Jul 2024 · 4 min · no account neededSeven tips from Bloomberg’s recruiter, from practising on camera to market news.Free
- How we hireBloomberg · updated Sep 2026 · no account neededBloomberg’s steps, interview advice and rules on AI.Free
Practise and watch
- Bloomberg Client Engagement job simulationForage · linked by Bloomberg · 3 to 4 hours · free accountQuestion a client, then recommend the right product. The job in miniature.Free
- What is AnalyticsInside Bloomberg on YouTube · Nov 2023 · 3 minBloomberg’s EMEA Head of Analytics explains the first job: helping Terminal users around the clock.Free
- A day in the life of an Analytics repInside Bloomberg on YouTube · Nov 2023 · 2 minA rep shows his desk, his day and how he chose a specialism.Free
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Assessment day and offers
The last step is an assessment day at a Bloomberg office, usually where the role is. Bloomberg’s text on TargetJobs says the day “can vary in format and length”.
Interviews
With managers, team leaders or other staff.
Skills tasks and group work
A “skill-based assessment and group activities”.
Job shadowing or simulations
See the client work up close.
A tour and networking
A chance to ask your questions.
This list is from Bloomberg’s profile on TargetJobs: what “you might experience”. Not every day has every part.
Hearing back, offer conditions and training
- Hearing back. The timing is not published. Bloomberg says review “may take some time”.
- Conditions. An offer depends on “an interview process in line with local regulations” and, where needed, the right to work.
- Training. You start with training, then join an Analytics team. Bloomberg’s 2023 video gave nine weeks. The 2027 length is not published.
Key dates: London, 2027 start
7 Sep 2026
Japanese speakers ad posted on TargetJobs
10 Sep 2026
French, German and Italian ads posted on TargetJobs
17 October 2026
Ads checked: open, no closing date from Bloomberg
17 October 2026
Ads checked: open. See each for its closing date
Now
This year’s London ads have closed
26 Oct 2026
Discover Bloomberg: Geneva, interviews next day for some
26 Oct 2026
Discover Bloomberg: Geneva took place, with interviews next day for some
3 Nov 2026
Discover Bloomberg: Madrid
3 Nov 2026
Discover Bloomberg: Madrid took place
Not published
Interview and offer dates
2027
Start in London, month not stated
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Visa sponsorship
Our reading: Bloomberg sponsors this role if you qualify as a New Entrant. Check the five ways below before you apply.
The ad says: “Sponsorship is available for this role. To be eligible you must be eligible for the UK Skilled Worker under the New Entrant Requirements” (Japanese speakers ad, checked 14 October 2026).
Who counts as a New Entrant, and the Graduate visa
- New Entrant. The ad lists five ways, and you need one. You are under 26 on the date you apply. Or you are working towards a recognised qualification in a UK-regulated profession, or full registration or chartered status. Or your most recent visa was a Student visa (course finished or finishing within 3 months) or a Graduate visa, within the last 2 years.
- Graduate visa. It lasts “2 years if you apply on or before 31 December 2026” and “18 months if you apply on or after 1 January 2027” (GOV.UK). It needs no sponsor.
- Customer Support. Bloomberg’s London Customer Support language roles do not sponsor visas.
Need sponsorship? See our guides to UK companies that sponsor visas and staying in the UK after studying. This is general information, so check GOV.UK.
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Key takeaways
Before you apply
- Bloomberg publishes no closing date for London, and applying early costs nothing, so apply now.Check Bloomberg’s London ad for its closing date, and apply well before it.This year’s London ads have closed. Watch Bloomberg’s early careers job search for the next ones.
- You need fluent English plus a second language, written and spoken.
- Pick the ad for your language, and prove both languages on your CV.
- Plum takes about 25 minutes, with no timer, and you can retake it only a year later.
- In the video, give one example per answer, and be ready to answer in your second language.
- Follow the markets daily, and practise explaining a move to a client.
- Sponsorship is available under the New Entrant rules, so check them early.
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Frequently asked questions
Is the Bloomberg Analytics and Sales Program open for 2027?
Yes. The London ads were live when we checked on 17 October 2026. Bloomberg publishes no closing date, and applying early costs nothing, so apply now.Yes. The London ads were live when we checked on 17 October 2026. Check each ad for its closing date.No. This year’s London ads have closed. Watch Bloomberg’s early careers job search for the next ones.
Do I need a second language for Bloomberg Analytics and Sales in London?
Yes. Each London 2027 ad asks for fluent English plus one more language, written and spoken. The ads name Japanese, French, German and Italian. We found no English-only London ad on 14 October 2026.
What is the Plum assessment at Bloomberg?
An online survey of about 25 minutes, with no timer. It has five sections: three about how you work and two short puzzle sections. Bloomberg says certain entry-level roles require it.
Can I practise the Plum assessment?
Plum publishes no practice test. Each puzzle section opens with an example that you do not answer. Read Plum’s help pages, then set aside at least 25 quiet minutes.
Is the Bloomberg video interview in my second language?
It may be. Bloomberg’s text on TargetJobs says that if the role has a language requirement, you may answer questions in that language and in English. Prepare both.
Does Bloomberg sponsor visas for Analytics and Sales in London?
Yes, if you qualify. The ad says sponsorship is available if you are eligible for the Skilled Worker visa under the New Entrant Requirements. Bloomberg’s London Customer Support language roles do not sponsor visas.
Do I need a finance degree for Bloomberg Analytics and Sales?
No. The ad asks for a bachelor’s degree or relevant work experience, with no subject named. It does ask for a demonstrated interest in financial markets.
