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).
Mostly behavioural questions, such as name a time when you showed leadership or when you solved a conflict. Interviewed by two people, both heads of departments within International Corporate Banking
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Name a time when you showed leadership or when you solved a conflict
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Barclays (Pune) in Sep 2024
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I had applied on campus in my 3rd Year. They had a criteria of 7 CGPA+. There was an online assessment (HackerRank) given under strict invigilation of college authorities (requested by the company). There was 1 coding question - Strings medium difficulty and two SQL queries also of medium difficulty.
There were two interviews. First was Techinal. They asked me mostly about the projects on my resume. An SQL query related to Joins. Pattern printing of pyramid stars in different ways.
The second was Techno-HR. They asked me about Barclays values - RISES. How to reverse strings - basic to most optimal solution. StringBuffer and StringBuilder.
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I think where they mostly judge you as a candidate is in the Pre-placement Talk and "Do you have any questions about Barclays" part.
I applied online. I interviewed at Barclays in Jan 2025
Interview
Two telephone interviews. The first with HR and then a second with two potential colleagues in the team I was looking to join. A third and final face to face interview with the hiring line manager.
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Examples of how I have solved business problems which aligned with likely scenarios I would meet in the role I was applying for.