Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Barclays as 50% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.29 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Sales and Investment Banking Analyst rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Investment Banking Summer Analyst and DCM Analyst roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Barclays takes an average of 3 days when considering 8 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Sales had the quickest hiring process (on average 3 days), whereas Sales roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 3 days).
3 Rounds
Personal Interview : Basic Questions, tell me about yourself, the why's behind my Academics and past experience
Technical Interview: More Focused on Job Description and my understanding of role, technical questions regarding risk, risk controls, regularly Bodies
HR Round
Online test , quizzed on DBMS , OS , DSA and basic aptitude and given coding questions and SQL queries to solve.
A single round of interviews basic SQL was asked and about your resume and projects.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you faced a challenging situation
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Barclays (Dubai) in Sep 2024
Interview
Online assessment: typical online assessment questions with examples given before, having to process information quickly and answer simple questions with true, false, or info not given. My recommendation is making sure to fully understand how the assessment works by repeating the practice questions given a few times.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Was the number of employees hired in X company higher than Y company in Q1 2021? (you have a few sheets of info given through tables and graphs/charts given that you have to use to answer)