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 round all tech question, ask about experience and dig into the technical part of finance stats and quantitative questions. also things about probability, regression models, and machine learning are important. a little bit coding as well
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Barclays (New York, NY) in Nov 2024
Interview
Nice people, easy behavioral - IA, case study at the end. 2 back to back behavioral rounds., took about 1.5 hours total. Overall, very simple but ensure to prepare a lot of behavioral questions before, and do research.
I applied online. I interviewed at Barclays (Londres, Inglaterra)
Interview
Submitted an online assessment and was contacted for an initial screening interview with an Associate. Was a split between fit and technical questions like why IB, which team. And for technicals, the main valuation methods, EBITDA, P/E ratio.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Investment Banking? What are the main valuation methods