Villanova Alumnus Invited to Bloomberg Hall of Fame for High BAT Score

Villanova School of Business alumnus, Michael Breault ’15, has been invited into the Bloomberg Institute Hall of Fame after earning the fourth highest score in the Americas region on the Bloomberg Aptitude Test (BAT). The Bloomberg Aptitude Test is a tool developed by Bloomberg that helps students and recent graduates to connect with financial employers worldwide. Those who complete the BAT can prove their strengths in areas ranging from finance to business and personal competencies.

After completing the test, students can enter scores in the BAT Talent Search. The BAT Talent Search is a tool used by employers to help them to identify the best candidates for entry-level business positions. Employers can then view the submitted student profiles anonymously and have the opportunity  to contact the students who have testing profiles that are complementary to the employer’s available career opportunities.

Breault’s scored 700 on the BAT. The score placed him in the 99th percentile of more than 250,000 people who have ever completed the BAT. Bloomberg L.P. shots the the test online, which consists of 100 questions to be completed in two hours. Between 5,000 and 7,000 people complete the test in the Americas every month. No one who has completed the test has ever received a perfect score of 800.

In a press release from the Villanova School of Business announcing Breault’s induction in to the hall of fame, he explains that the test provided  him with the opportunity to reinforce what he had learned through coursework at Villanova. “I felt so well-prepared for the BAT that I didn’t need to do any outside training,” Breault explained. “My score is a testament to the quality of my courses and professors at VSB.”

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