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).
There was an online test which had some medium difficulty questions like find the lexicographically next greater permutation, following which there was a tech interview and an HR interview. DSA prep is required, OOPS fundamentals were asked, some web dev concepts and database queries.
Started with the basics of oops and sql
Then he Asked me about my projects
Later asked 2 leetcode medium questions
Asked me to solve in 45 mins
Interviewer was friendly and helped me when I was stuck anywhere.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
All the questions related to pillars of oops, it's functionality and top down vs bottom up
I applied online. I interviewed at Barclays (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
The first round interview was a coffee chat over the phone. It was followed by many rounds of virtual interviews. The interviews became less technical as the seniority of the interviewers increased.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Where does EBITDA show up on the financial statements?