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).
The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Barclays
Interview
1 - contacted by the headhunter: informal phone chat
2 - phone interview with the hiring manager: mix of technical skills & competency based questions
3 - 3h videoconf interview with head of the department and other senior managers: had a good chat, interesting conversations and the job was really nice, with great exposure and lot to learn from very experienced team
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Barclays (New York, NY) in Mar 2015
Interview
Recruiter contacts for the interview; half an hour telephone with the VP directly, go over the resume and chat a little bit ; the team is small but the lady would like to know my passion and how can I fit the team.
results in 2 weeks
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
let me about yourself; how would you fit the position; tell me how to solve the problem with clientsf
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Barclays (Singapur) in Feb 2015
Interview
The entire process was really fast, resume screening was done within 1 week after deadline and phone interview was scheduled right at the beginning of the 2nd week. If successful, AC happened 2 days after that. In general, the whole process was challenging but tricky questions can be solved if applicant prepares beforehand.