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Interviewed Feb 2011 in Singapore (Singapore) (took 2 weeks)

Interview was done by the hiring manager and discussed about my previous experience and how my experience is able to bring value to the bank. Second interview is done by another VP and more on understanding individual goals and values.

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What is the most difficult situation that you have handled?

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I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Dec 2011 in Singapore (Singapore) (took a day)

Did assessment test through the web portal.
Fast response by HR Staff. I think it was within a week or two.
I was invited to a phone interview which lasted about 30mins. HR Staff was very friendly.
I was offered to go to their assessment center during end Dec but I could not make it as I was overseas.
No make-up session was offered to me and i was subsequently rejected.

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Have you applied to other banks?

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Talk about a time when you had to convince someone

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jan 2012 in Singapore (Singapore) (took a day)

There's online application, where you have to fill in some essay to illustrate your strengths and why you choose Barcap, then then verbal and numerical reasoning test. Interview consist of a phone interview and one day interview

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A scenario was given - i was assigned to a group where we were given Legos, scotch tape, and some paper. Our task was to design a Lego structure that enables a ping pong ball to stay in as long as possible. Teamwork is very important, and the interviewers will also identify those who takes initiative.

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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 an IQ/Intelligence Test.

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5.0

Very Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Feb 2011 in Singapore (Singapore) (took 3 weeks)

The phone interview was about my knowledge of the financial world. After that there was an interview at the assessment center which was about detailed questions about my resume. Then there was a group activity in which we had to follow instructions given by a lady and there were two guys observing us all the time. We worked in a group of 4 for this activity.

Interview Questions

You have 5 minutes what would you do among the following list?

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If you are interested in saving the environment, why do you want to work for a bank?

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Negotiation Details

No. Do not try to negotiate on salary or vacation period.

Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Nov 2011 in Singapore (Singapore) (took 1 week)

I had a phone interview which lasted 40 minutes. There were a number of behaviourial questions asked and it revolved around team work, decision making, passion for the bank and knowledge of the industry. Some questions are similar but are framed in a different language, such as tell me a time when you made an important decision and what it helped you achieve and tell me an achievement you're proud of.

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Why do you want to join Investment Banking?

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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Oct 2011 in Singapore (Singapore) (took 2 days)

The interview was conducted on 2 consecutive days. The first interaction comprised of group activity, in which all the participating students were divided into groups of 5 and 1) a list of 20 tasks was given. The group had to prioritize 5 tasks based on the interest of the group. 2) a technical problem faced by the Barclay's capital should be discussed and the group had to arrive at a feasible/most economic solution. In the second interaction, the shortlisted students were invited to a personal interview in which questions regarding team work, getting things done, ability to learn new techniques, financial awareness, technical skills were asked.

Interview Questions

The case study(group activity) was regarding a system which faced problems with high file size upload and file transfer. Such high technical stuff was totally unexpected.

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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Nov 2009 in Singapore (Singapore) (took a day)

1. there was initially and online test on english and maths
2. Subsequentkly based on the above score and CVs students were shortlisted.
3. There were 2 rounds of interviews on the same date, one on one, with a director/MD in each round.
First round was technical testing basic understanding of financial markets, correlations among asset classes (not too technical, mostly reasoning based). Second round was more of macroenomics and global policies and HR.

Interview Questions

If gold prices go up, usually what happens to stocks?

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Negotiation Details

Not too much scope for negotiation. They have a pre-decided salary and they decide which location you would be posted in.

Other Details

I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Mar 2009 in Singapore (Singapore) (took 2+ weeks)

Was pretty straight

Interview Questions

How would you plug your custom allocator to STL containers

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What is diff between govt bond and corp bond

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Negotiation Details

No negotiation

Other Details

I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Dec 2010 in Singapore (Singapore) (took 3 weeks)

Note that the interview I attended is part of the graduate program - might vary for line hires.

Interview process consisted of 3 main parts:

Phone interview (2 weeks after online application submission) - Usual HR questions; why do you want to work for investment banking, why Barclays, tell me about your resume, and stuff like that.

Excel Skills-based Test (approximately 1 week after phone interview) - Test of basic excel skills and some VBA; stuff like vlookup/arrays for excel and some simple stuff you can do with the macro recorder in VBA.

Assessment Centre (same week, after Excel Test) - Consisted of 1:1 competency based interview with line manager, prioritization exercise (give order of priorities on several selected tasks, explain and interact with the other people at the AC), and case study presentation (also 1:1).

Line manager called on same day in the evening, offer was in the mail the next business day. Relatively smooth process - Managers and staff seem relatively nice; HR was mostly prompt and responsive.

Interview Questions

(Case Study Interview) - Tell me what are the risks of following through a deal with XYZ company; given that we had approximately 100 pages of material and about an hour to present, it was hard(er) to give an answer while trying to remember all the numerical details.

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