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).
Grilled on technicals in 1st round, 2nd round was more behavioral, interviewers were overall very nice and seem to look for genuine curiosity about the business/role. Overall a good experience and I got a good impression of the culture
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Tell me about a deal you worked on and asked follow ups about the operating margin etc
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Barclays (New York, NY) in Apr 2022
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Superday if selected, two interviews with MDs about markets, background, and interests.
Asked a case study about market sizing. Few technicals overall and those they did ask were very simple.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is recent market news that has interested you?
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Barclays (Officedale) in Oct 2023
Interview
A 2 round process, for me it was an on campus recruitment, 1st round was aptitude and dsa , 2nd round was behavioural and cultural fit round
Both rounds went on for more than an hour.