Barclays Capital Interview Questions & Reviews in London, UK Area

Interview Details – Seven total interviews with four different people on three different occasions over a period of about a month plus a separate meeting with two consultants from the recruitment agency. I was assured an offer was forthcoming. After several weeks of maintaining that it would be in my hand within the week, they called back to say that senior management had changed their mind and they wouldn't be hiring anybody.

Interview Details – This was a telephone interview.

It was very competency based, with a few technical questions on how regulations could affect your division, what are your thoughts on the regulations being put in place atm

Negotiation Details – I am still waiting

Interview Details – Applied online and completed numerical and reasoning test. 1st round involved a strength-based interview, which is different from the usual competency based interviews that involve questions like 'describe a situation where you showed teamwork', etc. They get back to you quickly about whether you progress to the final round.

The final round involved a group case study that you had to discuss and present to senior representatives, followed by a break then a series of interviews. For the group case study you need to have an understanding of key accounting concepts and terminology to understand the material. You need to be aware of valuation to put a strong and coherent argument forward. Throughout the discussion phase of the group case you will be assessed by representatives and during the presentation you will be challenged by a different group of senior business representatives to defend your argument.

After lunch and a brief break you will be allocated three or four interviews dependent on your background. Although the interviews will be with individuals from different divisions within the bank, unlike previous years you will not be extended a desk specific offer, rather you will be put in a general pool that will be allocated later. The interviews will range from being technical or a relaxed conversation dependent on your interviewer. You hear back on the same or next day whether you got an offer.

Interview Details – 30 minute phone interview.

General CV questions.
Credit Product knowledge.
Technical questions.

Interview Details – I had the first interview based around my knowledge of the software used to do this job.
It was with the department head and the chief administrator. The interviewing style was friendly but a little Dragons Den.
The second interview I had to demonstrate what I could (or couldn't) do in the said software..
The recruitment agent (which says it is on Barclays PSL) is refusing to pay my travel costs, which included a flight, hotel and train tickets.

Interview Details – This was for a summer position in the London office. The day consisted of a group based trading game in which we traded on the expected market value against 3 other teams.

After this we had a number of interviews which ranged from 2-7 and you could of obtained more if you networked. The interviews were mainly all brainteaser and competency based. I had no technical questions however I know a few other people who got quite a few.

Interview Details – Telephone Interview: Competency based questions - why you, why trading etc. Also asked me a question about my morals and ethics. All pretty easy.

Assessment Centre: Consisted of a trading game which was a card version of the online game 'pressure trade.'
Desk specific interviews which were at times, quite technical. Asked about equity swaps, and my opinions on the financial crisis.

Interview Details – Have been contacted by recruiter and immediately given Web-based test consisted of 30 questions. Test should have been completed within 20 minutes. After getting 95% on test results, recruiter called back to me and asked if I want to go further and secure interview time with BarCamp at Canary Wharf office.
Within next 15 days I got interview at Canary Wharf office of BarCap. The person interviewed me was Team Lead of development sub-group. Interviewer was relaxed and made the atmosphere comfortable for me. Questions were mostly on past experience and general computer science topics like Agile Methodologies, C# syntax, C# lambda expressions, collections, nullable types, web services, and multi-threading

Interview Details – Can be a lengthy process. My interview process involved four interviews. The first with HR, the second with the direct hiring manager, the third with the department head and finally the last interview was with the department global head. Interview format is quiet standard, questions are more geared towards your experience and what you could bring to the department and the job itself.