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Intern at Barclays Capital
Posted Jan 25, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2010 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 4 weeks)
Applying on-line and on-line tests as for any other bank.
Went to the AC at a hotel in London. The day went on quite smoothly, started with a group case where we received a lot of material (video, analyst reports etc). For non-business or non-finance students, I would recommend to review some key concepts in accounting, valuation (not really DCF models but multiples) and industry analysis. During the group discussion, two representatives (typically VPs) will study your performance and grade you. I think these grades can help you especially if you do not receive an offer directly from one of the teams you are meeting with in the afternoon - I heard a friend of mine who got an offer that way, i.e. from a team he did not meet at all but who reviewed his overall performance during the day.
My general tips for the case discussion/presentation preparation are:
- Be positive and supporting,
- Be active during the entire discussion,
- Tell the others what you are particularly good at and focus on those parts,
- Be sure to have a good structure for the case presentation.
Might sound simple, but looking back, these were the essential points.
After the discussion, you are supposed to present, once again for employees. Be sure to take on one part and be relaxed while presenting. From my group, I was the only one who got an offer in the end and I was not too surprised as three of the others got extremely nervous while presenting and the last one, who had outstanding presentation skills, lacked terminology (typical History student, I guess).
During lunch, you have time to mingle with employees.
During the afternoon, all candidates have 2-10 interviews with teams (Associates, VPs or Directors). Don't get sad if you have few - just make sure to show a lot of energy, passion and dedication (e.g. when talking about previous experiences, be clear that you really liked what you were doing, because that really shows dedication which is key in IBD!). A guy from my school went there and had 10 interviews (impressive CV), but did not get any offers at all while a friend of mine had 2 interviews and received an offer. Also, you can get last-minute interviews over the course of the day.
After the AC, you submit what teams you would prefer to intern work by ranking them 1-3. The assessors do the same and in the end HR matches these together. In my case, we got a perfect fit, where I chose the team I liked the most and they chose the candidate they liked the most!
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Standard contract, very attractive salary, slightly higher than for most other investment banks.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Trader at Barclays Capital
Posted Jan 13, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 4+ weeks)
On Campus First Round had a strength based interview with two people.
Final round had desk specific Hiring. Mostly Traders, Structurers, and some guys from Funding Desk attended.
Structurers and Funding Desk did pure strength based interviews, Trader's mostly went for brainteasers. Not too many technical questions.
Some of the attendees had up to eight interviews, amount of interviews seemed to highly depend on school's brand name. Also one group trading game with 4-5 people teams.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Software Developer at Barclays Capital
Posted Nov 28, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2009 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took a day)
A senior software developer called me and described the role to me. He then went through my CV and asked me a couple of questions. He seemed really friendly and interested in what I had to say. He told me BarCap would get back soon. BarCap never came back and the recruiter did not provide any feedback.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Investment Banking Summer Analyst at Barclays Capital
Posted Nov 22, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 4+ weeks)
The process begins with the online application. I received an email alerting me to schedule a phone interview which took place one week later. During the phone interview, I spoke with a member of the recruitment team about my motivations and was asked personality questions only. It took a while to hear back, I would say about 3 weeks. I was notified by email again that I was invited to the assessment centre. The centre took the entire day starting with a group case exercise, a presentation in which the group is to present its findings to 2 Managing Directors followed by a 15m question and answer session. The rest of the day consisted of 1-1 interviews. These varied between technical, motivation and personality. I got case studies and brain teasers. Overall, the people I met were gems and gave me a genuine desire to work with them. I received an offer from the team that same evening. Great experience.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
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Operations Analyst at Barclays Capital
Posted Nov 16, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took a day)
I was called up for a phone interview after 3 weeks submitting my application and was invited for the assessment centre. It consist of 3 stages, 1st up is the competency interview 1:1 for 2 rounds 45mins each where you're bombarded with a series of competency based questions. 2nd is the group activity where you have to show that you can work together as a team and demonstrate teamwork. Lastly it will be a prioritisation test where you're given a list of task and sort out the most important 5 tasks. Overall experience is great as the interviewer are really friendly and the atmosphere is relatively relax. But do not let your guard down you're assessed through out the 5hrs you're there.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Market Risk Analyst at Barclays Capital
Posted Oct 31, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2011 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took a day)
A headhunter sent my CV to BarCap. Few days later I got an email from the headhunter saying that the Market Risk Engineering team at BarCap wants to see me.
I had 2 interviews, both of them were 1 on 1. Both were technical.
I come from a Quant background and have no experience with VaR (Value at Risk). That's probably why I didn't get the job.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Operations Analyst at Barclays Capital
Posted Sep 30, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 3 days)
Got contacted by a headhunter and they got me the interview.
Very straightforward interview process. Nice people and one just has to be oneself. I did three interviews with Barcap for different positions - all were very much the same.
"Run me through your CV" began with everyone so make sure you have a nice interesting story to tell on how you ended up coming to Barcap.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Senior Developer at Barclays Capital
Posted Apr 13, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2010 in City of London, England (United Kingdom) (took 5 days)
First round was written test. It was java written test and c# bloke came in the end. He had printed some java Q & A and was asking looking at it. He himself was embarassed when I said something which is not printed in his answer sheet.. Anyway I cleared the test and was called for second round.
Second round was more horrible. Hiring manager started from my pre university days. Questions like why do you like IT and project you did in uni ( I left uni like 7 years ago ) and all that stuff for two hours ! Exhausted towards the end.
Finally they rejected stating I dont have enough exposure.
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I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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Human Resources Graduate Scheme at Barclays Capital
Posted Mar 8, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2010 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 2 weeks)
I passed 4 different rounds of tests consisting of numerical tests, verbal reasoning tests, personality tests and a test to assess my values and priorities related to work.
I passed all of them and they invited me to a phone interview which lasted 50 minutes. The intreviewer sounded like a recorded tape or like a robot. She was just reading the questions and typing the answers with no interaction between us. Because there was no reaction of her side I couldn't tell how I did. She was asking me competency questions and very very detailed examples. Mostly she asked for leadership skills , pro activity, initiative, hard work, ability to take tough decisions and many details about Barclays' products.
I didn't make to the last round which was the assessment centre, and my feedback was that I didn't show enthusiasm for the role and the company.
This particular recruiter though made my interview experience with Barclays, the one I enjoyed the least.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Operations Analyst at Barclays Capital
Posted Jan 11, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2010 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took a day)
Interview Question:
Why your apply for this job?
Why our company?
How would you introduce this job to others?
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Can you give me a expample of teamworking?
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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