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University Information Pack

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BLOOMBERG INSTITUTE

Bloomberg Institute is the educational branch of Bloomberg LP. The Institute has leveraged
Bloombergs expertise in financial information and contacts in the finance industry to develop a test
aimed at helping students and recent alumni connect with financial employers worldwide.

BLOOMBERG APTITUDE TEST

The Bloomberg Aptitude Test (BAT) is a global, standardized online test that has been developed in
partnership with premier financial institutions and university faculties around the world. The
BAT covers a range of subjects that assesses a students aptitude for a career in finance and business.
Students who take the BAT uncover their strengths on various subjects and gain insight into which
areas of finance may suit them best.

After taking the BAT, students can choose to enter their scores anonymously into the Bloomberg
Talent Search. This is a tool being used by employers to identify candidates for entry level roles
in finance. The Talent Search is also available on the Bloomberg Professional Service, where over
20,000 financial companies have free access to view student profiles on an anonymous basis,
and may elect to contact them with testing profiles complementary to their available career
opportunities. The BAT is a great way for your students to not only test their current abilities, but
also to define themselves as valued candidates to employers.

Launched in 2011, the Bloomberg Aptitude Test has been taken by over 110,000 students from
1000+ universities distributed around 63 countries.



























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VALUE PROPOSITION

EMPLOYERS The BAT will help employers screen their overwhelming number of entry-level
applicants more efficiently, consistently and objectively and will help promote fairness, diversity
and meritocracy. Employers will also be able to reach talented candidates outside their traditional
recruiting channels.


STUDENTS The BAT serves as a learning tool for students, providing insight into financial
career opportunities and individual strengths and weaknesses. Students receive valuable feedback
on their BAT scores which can be used to promote individual strengths in interviews and on CVs.
The BAT allows students to view their abilities in comparison to the global median of test
takers, thereby providing insight as to where they rank in comparison to the global talent
pool against whom they will be competing for jobs. This information serves useful for identifying
areas of study where one may want to improve and helps students to better focus their efforts.
The BAT a l s o helps students to demonstrate to financial employers that they are strong
candidates for recruitment via the Bloomberg Institute Talent Search.


UNIVERSITIES The BAT is a great way for universities to demonstrate the quality of their students,
assess/improve their own finance curriculum and facilitate student placements with financial firms.
Employers using the Talent Search look for the strongest candidates and most capable students from
universities around the world.

PROFESSORS The BAT provides a great way to bring practical training into the classroom. The BAT
places students into different scenarios encountered in the workplace and asks them to make
decisions as if they were on the job. Professors may test students by course, year of study (all levels
of undergraduate and graduate degrees) and can have access to detailed reports of their students
completely free of charge in order to see their improvement over time. Offering the BAT to your
students will help them to be more marketable to employers thereby giving them the chance to be
contacted for career opportunities.



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TEST DESCRIPTION


TWO HOUR computer-based test, administered in person at partner universities and
Bloomberg offices around the world.


MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS emphasizing the real life, practical application of knowledge.
All test questions and answers are written in English.


EIGHT SECTIONS of the test:
1) News Analysis
2) Economics
3) Math
4) Analytical Reasoning
5) Financial Statement Analysis
6) Investment Banking
7) Global Markets
8) Chart and Graph Analysis


FREE of charge. There is currently no fee for students to take the BAT or to make their
scores accessible to employers. There is no charge for Universities to host the BAT either.


MILESTONES

135,000+ students have registered for the BAT

100,000+ students have taken the BAT

1000+ participating colleges/universities globally

20,000+ employer connections


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SAMPLE STUDENT RESULTS
Registered users may search the BAT database for candidates based on score performance and basic
demographic data. As shown in the sample report below, a students profile is anonymous and scores
are based on relative rankings.
The Talent Search is designed to match student strengths with employer needs in order to provide
the best fit candidates for the role.



In the sample score report above, the overall BAT score, which can range from 200 to 800, is displayed in the gray
marker above the blue scale Quartiles. Beside it is a percentile ranking that indicates how this BAT score compares
to the rest of the scores for the same test.

The overall score represents a combination of the 8 section scores, which are individually scored on a scale of 0-50.
Section scores are listed under Candidate Score beside the bar chart. The bar chart shows the number of points
scored above or below the global median for each section of the test.

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GET INVOLVED

Universities that take part in administering the BAT gain a wide variety of benefits:

PROVIDE students access to robust employment opportunities via a cutting-edge recruiting
tool that is available to some of the world's leading financial institutions

ALLOW students to gain valuable information about their strengths and weaknesses, relative
to their peers worldwide.

JOIN a prestigious group of global University BAT Partners who are actively involved in
helping to guide development of the BAT.


HOST A TEST SESSION

Universities may host test sessions for their students on campus free of charge. Universities can
organize as many sessions as they wish, choosing their preferred dates and starting hours. On average
universities host 2-3 test sessions per term. In order to arrange a test session on campus you must
have the following:

COMPUTER ROOM with fifteen or more computers. Please book a room for three hours for
each test session. Computers only need internet access (preferably Internet Explorer, Mozilla
Firefox or Safari). No further technology is required. If you do not have a computer lab with 15
computers or more, please contact the representative listed below.

STUDENTS to take the BAT - we will send you marketing materials to encourage student
participation. We will provide you regular updates on the number of students registered for
your sessions.

PAPER for students to work through test problems. Please make sure you provide scratch
paper for the students.

INVIGILATOR ACCESS Bloomberg Institute will provide an invigilator to administer the test.
This person will need internet access in order to check students into the session. There must be
a minimum of fifteen students attending the session in order for an invigilator to be provided
by Bloomberg Institute. If you would like to provide your own invigilator we will train this
person.

HOW TO HOST A BAT SESSIONS ON CAMPUS
Step 1: Decide on best times in the year to run sessions & frequency of sessions
Step 2: Book IT room with internet access for 3 hours
Step 3: Send confirmed session dates, times and locations to tperera1@bloomberg.net
Step 4: Receive marketing materials from Bloomberg (Posters, Flyers, E-mailer)
Step 5: Send out marketing materials to promote session to students
Step 6: Students register via www.bloomberginstitute.com and Bloomberg manages registrations