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).
It was an online interview. Very simple and not very difficult. Make sure you distill your prior experience into key skills so you can easily answer the questions. Very much competency based questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do you make rational decisions and how do you go about it?
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Barclays (Philadelphia, PA) in Feb 2015
Interview
I applied through campus career fair and got a chance to interview during Spring. It was a one day process with two interviews. Both were a blend of technical and behavioral. Very simple interviews regarding basics of CS
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Barclays (Londres, Inglaterra) in Feb 2015
Interview
two rounds of phone interview - both were fairly similar and there are no competency questions asked. HR got back to me very quickly, within a week. The first interview had more standard competency questions e.g. why barclays. The second interview was more focused on strengths, "how did you manage to help someone"