2. Registration
-The Bloomberg Assessment Test is a free
examination that will be administered on June
20th in the CISE Lab at the University of
Florida.
To register for the examination, click this link:
http://bit.ly/UF_BAT1
There will also be administrations on July 11th
and July 24th.
3. What is the Bloomberg
Assessment Test (BAT)?
-Standardized test offered at 750+ top
universities worldwide
-Open to all undergraduate and graduate
students
-Used by more than 1,500 top-employers to find
best-fit talent
4. What’s on the BAT?
Financial Knowledge
Economics
Corporate Valuation
Investment Banking
Financial Markets
Investment Management
5. What’s on the BAT?
Economics
This section of the BAT is
designed to assess knowledge of
economics as the basis for
capital markets transactions and
corporate financings.
Microeconomics topics include:
consumer theory, market
equilibrium and trade and
international relations.
Macroeconomics topics include:
economic production (GDP/
GNP), labor markets, the
international banking system and
global trade policies.
6. What’s on the BAT?
Financial Statement Analysis
This section of the BAT is designed
to assess knowledge and
understanding of the concepts and
language of accounting as tools of
communication, monitoring and
resource allocation. Topics include
standard techniques of analysis,
including ratios, interrelation of
financial statements and financial
articulation.
7. What’s on the BAT?
Corporate Valuation
This section of the BAT is designed
to assess knowledge of the most
commonly used corporate
valuation methodologies: (i)
comparable public companies
analysis, (ii) precedent transactions
and (iii) discounted cash flow
analysis. Test takers are required
to distinguish between equity and
enterprise values, levered and
unlevered cash flows, various
valuation multiples and the
different costs of capital.
8. What’s on the BAT?
Investment Banking
This section of the BAT is designed
to assess knowledge of the basic
principles of capital budgeting,
capital structure optimization and the
advisory and capital raising services
of the Investment Banking Division
(IBD) within an investment bank. Test
takers should generally understand
the debt and equity syndication
processes, primary versus secondary
markets, mergers & acquisitions,
leveraged buyouts and financial
restructuring.
9. What’s on the BAT?
Financial Markets
This section of the BAT is designed
to assess knowledge of the most
commonly used corporate
valuation methodologies: (i)
comparable public companies
analysis, (ii) precedent transactions
and (iii) discounted cash flow
analysis. Test takers are required
to distinguish between equity and
enterprise values, levered and
unlevered cash flows, various
valuation multiples and the
different costs of capital.
10. What’s on the BAT?
Investment Management
This section of the BAT is designed to
assess knowledge and understanding of
the core financial theories of modern
portfolio management (MPT), fundamental
asset allocation techniques and commonly
applied fixed income and equity portfolio
management strategies. Test takers are
required to differentiate investment
opportunities involving alternate assets
primarily hedge funds, real estate,
commodities and private equity and to
assess the relative strengths and
weaknesses of various investment
strategies.
11. Job Related Skills &
Abilities
Verbal Skills
Math Skills
Situational and Ethical
Judgement
Analytical Reasoning
12. What’s on the BAT?
Verbal Skills
This section of the BAT is
designed to assess reading
comprehension. Test takers
are asked to read a series of
brief financial news articles
and to answer questions
that assess their literal,
critical and inferential
comprehension of the
information presented in the
passage.
13. What’s on the BAT?
Math Skills
This section of the BAT is designed
to assess university-level math
skills, with emphasis on finance-
related math. Questions require the
solution of math problems ranging
from basic (e.g., fractions,
decimals, ratios and proportions) to
more advanced topics (e.g., linear
equations, statistics and
econometrics, algebra and
calculus).
14. What’s on the BAT?
Situational and Ethical
Judgement
This section of the BAT is designed to
assess university-level math skills,
with emphasis on finance-related
math. Questions require the solution
of math problems ranging from basic
(e.g., fractions, decimals, ratios and
proportions) to more advanced topics
(e.g., linear equations, statistics and
econometrics, algebra and calculus).
15. What’s on the BAT?
Analytical Reasoning
This section of the BAT is
designed to assess problem
solving ability. Test takers are
presented with a series of
hypothetical situations or sets of
conditions and asked to answer a
series of questions that require
them to solve problems using
logic, deduction, and creativity.
16. Benefits To Test Takers
Score Report: Upon taking the test, students can
gain a thorough understanding of their strengths
and weaknesses in business.
Bloomberg Talent Pool: Students who perform
well on the BAT can enter themselves into the
Bloomberg Talent Pool. The talent pool is used by
more than 1,500 companies to recruit and place
talent.
17. Test Registration
To register for the examination, click this link:
http://bit.ly/UF_BAT1
If you have any questions or problems with registration,
please e-mail me TheBatUF@gmail.com
