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Barclays Capital Assistant Vice President Interview Questions & Reviews
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Interview Experience 5 Ratings
Assistant Vice President at Barclays Capital
No Offer – Interviewed in New York, NY Dec 2010 – Reviewed May 25, 2011
Interview Details –
I applied for an AVP Programmer position on company's website. I got a phone call about 3 months later.
It was a technical phone interview. I accurately answered all questions, but I never heard from the interviewer. I tried to contact them, but I never got a response.
Interview Questions
- If you have 5 sets of balls with 5 balls each. In 4 sets each ball weigh 5 grams except from one set where the balls weigh 4 grams. How do I find which set has the balls with 4 grams.? Answer Question
- Given a Tic table- I.e a table that records Ticker, price, date/time during a trading day. Write a Query that will give you for each Ticker the final price of the day. Answer Question
- Given a binary tree, Find the depth of the node containing the max value. Answer Question
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Assistant Vice President at Barclays Capital
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in New York, NY Sep 2009 – Reviewed Oct 24, 2010
Interview Details – Phone interview to see and talk about past experiences and see the fit with the organization. Then One on one with Team in Jersey city and New York.
Interview Question – There are 9 balls one of which is lighter than the others. How would you find the lighter ball in 2 tries View Answers (2)
Negotiation Details – Did not try to negotiate a lot
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Assistant Vice President at Barclays Capital
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Hong Kong (Hong Kong) Jun 2011 – Reviewed Feb 21, 2013
Interview Details – informational interviews with different team heads, mostly focused on why you would like to build a career in the firm at the position you apply for. also some technical questions such as the understanding of the industry trends and regulation changes etc
Interview Question – most questions are within expectations Answer Question
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Assistant Vice President at Barclays Capital
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Jan 2010 – Reviewed Jul 3, 2011
Interview Details –
The process began by two "informal" competency based interviews by the member of the team that I would be part of. Prior to the interview, I was not familiar with the company, therefore a lot of time was spent looking at the website, reading financial statements etc to gain understanding and context of the current situation. There were six interview in total, these ranged from competency based, to personality and culture fit. The interviewers were friendly and were clearly interested in how my activities outside of work might affect my approach to a career within the firm.
Overall, I think the interview process was onerous because it was spread over 3 months with 6 in total. Eventually, you ended up saying the same things at different installments. My advice for applicants would be to consider the culture fit for the department you are working for. There are very intelligent people in the firm working very long hours, if you are considering an application, i would suggest the majority of the post interview questions are on fit because this will make the difference,
Interview Question – How do your external activities affect your ability to remain an employee with us? Answer Question
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Assistant Vice President at Barclays Capital
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Jul 2010 – Reviewed Mar 30, 2011
Interview Details – Not particularly challenging. Was more trying to get information out of interviewer. although mood was serious it was quite easy.
Interview Question – What's your management style Answer Question
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Assistant Vice President at Barclays Capital
Declined Offer – Interviewed in Dec 2009 – Reviewed Dec 11, 2009
Interview Details –
Smooth & quick hiring process...most questions are tailored around on how you handle yourself in a team enviornment and working under pressure. Will ask few technical questions to guage how you articulate things even if you may not know the correct answer.
Pay is pretty well but be prepared to put in some long hours.
Interview Question – 1. If given the opportunity what would be the one thing that you would change about the banking and financial industry in the current economic environment? Answer Question
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