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).
Interviewer was nice and kept everything very relaxing for me to perform my best. Very well structured and easy to understand too. Questions were not too technical but they wanted to know what my skills are for the job.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Barclays (San Francisco, CA) in May 2023
Interview
Got reached out by a recruiter and scheduled some "networking" calls for around 5 people on the team. They asked some interview questions on the chat and a formal technical interview was scheduled.
2 rounds - one round with direct manager (VP) and another VP - technical + situational questions
final round - with Director (regional head of assurance) - mostly situational questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
situational questions - tell me a difficult situation at work and how you resolve conflict and reach positive goals
technical questions - what is front running?