Barclays Global Investors Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details – Interview consisted of two phone screens by members of the team. One was the project lead and the other was a senior engineer. The project lead threw me soft skill problems and the senior engineer asked me high level technical questions.

Afterwards, I was invited to the corporate headquarters for on site interviews. I performed a technical interview consisting of high level problems and programming with two members of the engineering team. Afterwards i spoke with the project lead once again.

Negotiation Details – As a new graduate hire, I wasn't able to negotiate anything.

Interview Details – The interview process consisted of 3 rounds. The last of which was to fly me to CA for a face to face with the main office. The organization asked a lot of "non-related" questions. How many children I had, what were their ages/names/etc. At first I thought it was a test & wasn't sure how I should answer. Then I realized they were "comfortably" trying to get information from me to base the hiring decision.

Reason for Declining – See above.....

Interview Details – contacted via email by internal recruiter, then scheduled a phone interview with recruiter before being brought in to meet the team. once in house, met with recruiter first to go over interviewing process and was in a conference room doing relay interviews with team. first came one of the managers who was not prepared to interview, continued to rave about current employee and how no one can replace this individual. then met with individual in current position, discussed responsibilities and was thanked for my time. recruiters come back to show me out. polite, quick in and out, about 2 hours.

Interview Details – Interview process was rigorous. Had to go through multiple rounds of phone interviews and a day long in person interviews.
It took almost 3 weeks to get this process done but once the last round of interviews were done, I got the result the next day.

Interview Details – Positive and professional experience. Though no offer was extended, the lines of communication remained open.

Interview Details – For 3 to 4 weeks the recruiter kept calling me to setup this interview. I have been out of work so I was very available but the recruiter could not seem to get a time from the hiring manager. I finally got a date with a day to prepare. The recruiter made a big deal out of my preparation asking me technical questions she did not even understand. One question was on access lists and I told here I needed to know if the statement was "permit" or "deny" to answer the question. She when off on how I should reply to questions I could not answer. I could not believe it as I have known access lists for 10 years! I know how they work. Anyway, I was given two contacts and arrived 15 minutes early. One of the contacts, the hiring manager could not be reached by the security desk. The second contact, one of the crew allowed me up. He was not at all prepared and did not even have an office or conference room ready. After finding an open room, we talked about the position for about 20 minutes. I was driving the whole interview as this tech didn't know what to ask me and focused on all of the bad points of the position. After 20 minutes this tech leaves to get the hiring manager and never comes back. I was waiting and waiting. I tried to look up his number on the Cisco phone in the room but it did not have a company directory. At this point it was two hours after the scheduled interview time. I called the recruiter and walked out the door. I know things come up but this was ridiculous. You could have called the recruiter to reschedule or maybe send somebody up to let me know what is going on. This guy could care less about me at the very first meeting attempt. I would never, ever work for this manager and feel very sorry for the sucker that takes this position.

Interview Details – I got the interview through employee referral. General 1:1 interviews with the hiring manager, the direct report manager, director, and then a few of the team members. The hiring manager in HR took the lead with all communication and was prompt and courteous throughout the process. The company is extremely business-oriented and you have to come off in that manner. The culture is more laid back but definitely got the impression that you had to work really hard in order to play hard.

Interview Details – The interview was very professional and focused primarily on my resume. Questions ranged from general fit to specific internships. Emphasis was placed on relocation to San Francisco and previous relevant work experience. Overall what I expected from an initial telephone interview. Although it went well, another candidate with direct experience in the area was given the job.

Interview Details – Saw the job posted on a public site, applied and was called almost immediately by an HR person for a standard 30-minute phone screen. I ignored this person's subtle condescension and did my best to answer questions quickly. I apparently passed, because an invitation to meet with the hiring manager arrived the next day, which I accepted. All fine so far (minus the "too-cool-for-school" attitude of the HR person, this was all a very standard, perfectly acceptable process).

At the agreed-upon time/date, I showed up on time for my one-hour interview with the hiring manager. The meeting went on for the hour. The next day, I wrote the usual polite "thank you e-mail." About 4 weeks later, I got a voice-mail from their HR dept saying they had "forgotten about me," but that they wanted to make sure I knew they had moved forward with someone else. And that I should feel comfortable applying for other jobs in that department.

Summary: The process was handled well, except for the follow-through, which was nearly non-existent. What follow-through did materialize was bungled spectacularly.