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).
Initially reached out by a 3rd party agency, and then the screening was done by Barclays. After the screening was completed the first round was scheduled after 2 weeks. After completion of the first round I did not receive any feedback. Despite reaching out to the HR multiple times, no one responded.
Very difficult interview, particularly from a technical perspective. Be prepared to answer questions on paper LBO and DCF, along with detailed merger model questions. Generally, the most difficult technical interview I encountered during my time as a student.
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Question 1
Please tell me the post-merger impact on the financial statements of these two companies, given a list of assumptions on the pre-merger financials and transaction itself.
The process was smooth and quite interesting and I gained insights on new technologies coming up for next generation that will ease the human activities and will be a breakthrough experience.