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Updated Feb 7, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Marketing Internship at Barclays
Posted Feb 7, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 (took a day)
Had a numerical test and verbal reasoning test for Marketing internship. Was difficult because I have not done maths in a while so I would recommend practices basic percentages, decimals, fractions and graph reading if in this situation. I did not pass the numerical test and therefore did not make it through to the rest of the interview.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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IT Governance at Barclays
Posted Aug 10, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 in Milan (Italy) (took 4 months)
Short interview with human resource department manager and short interview with the CIO.
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Reason for Declining
I decided to decline the offer because there was no clear organisaional prosition of the role offered and there was not clear ideas of the mandate, or responsibilities and neither resources to get things done.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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AVP- Senior J2EE Developer at Barclays
Posted May 23, 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 Apr 2011 in Jersey City, NJ (took 2 weeks)
I was interviewed for Barclays Capital - Compliance project in the 3rd week of April, 2011 via phone. Phone interview went well and then my recruiter told me that i need to go for in-person interview at Jersey City office at 9:00 AM EST. I reached on time but have to wait for 30 minutes for the hiring manager. While hiring manager was talking to me-he got another call that another candidate is waiting outside. Hiring manager asked me to sit down there and moved to bring in another interview candidate. In the meanwhile some folks came in and told me that i need to leave the interview room as it's been taken by somebody else. This place and the team is very much dis-organized as i can make out. I had to meet 3 persons in-person in the office and the fourth one over the Video conferencing over London. The second interviewer was not there in the office so he took my interview over the phone. Till now both my interviews were going really well.
I was told by the recruiter that by 11:00 AM all the interviews will be done but only two got finished by 11:15 AM. I need to call my office as i have taken only half day off.
For the third interview, via Video conference, we keep on searching for the video conferencing room for 10-15 minutes. Later got into an un-reserved room where Video conferencing was not working. The guy who was suppose to interview me from London, UK was getting mad by this time. Finally he also interviewed me via phone. He was getting upset very easily as he has to wait almost 1.5 hours due to mis-management. This interview which was optional didn't went that well.
Finally my last interview started at 12:20 PM and ended by 1:15 PM. This was by some random guy who happens to be friend of hiring manager. This random guy was not knowing anything about the project. Infact it seems that he is preparing himself for some interview. None of this questions were required for any level of Java/J2EE interview. Later he told me where the team sits.
I left by 1:30 PM EST as opposed to 11:00 AM EST - almost a delay of 2.5 hours. Feeling very dis-satisfied that i wasted my half day where interviewers have no clue what they are doing and what they are looking from the future employee. After 1.5 weeks i come to know from my recruiter that i am still on hold - i am one of the possible candidates. I followed with the hiring manager after another 1 week-got the same response. Till now there is no feedback - i wasted close to 5 hours in interviews and overall 2.5 hours in commute-what a waste.
Barclays after taking over some part of Lehman Brothers is very dis-organized, mis-managed and vague company it seems.
It seems all the jobs are fixed or they are trying to show off that they are calling candidates for the interviews. Good amount of Recruiters in tri-state area is not taking any Barclays positions seriously. What a waste.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Risk Analyst at Barclays
Posted Jan 19, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2009 (took 2 weeks)
Got contacted by a recruiter for a Risk Analyst position in NY office. Went through a phone screening with the recruiter, then later with Barclays VP and Sr. Mgr.. Got invited to the NY office for a day. There're SAS test and math test sort of like GMAT math portion (be ware though, calculation is tedious and no calculator allowed). If you pass the morning test session, you'll proceed to afternoon session which consists of three 1:1 interview, including both behavioral and case.
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Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Process Advisor at Barclays
Posted Jan 15, 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 Oct 2010 in New Delhi (India) (took 1 week)
they would have a priliminary voice and accent round, then the hr round and second day , after that if you are trough you will go for your final process round. and then u submit your documents and get an offer letter.
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Negotiation Details
no negotiation with them
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I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Research at Barclays
Posted Nov 24, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2010 (took 1 week)
As an Economics graduate you are likely to have developed a wide range of key skills including numeracy, analysis, verbal and written communication, problem solving, research and presentation. Graduate recruiters in all career areas value these skills as much as your subject knowledge and general intellectual ability.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Skills Test.
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Investment Banking Summer Intern at Barclays
Posted Oct 11, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 (took 2 weeks)
The interview was not bad. It was mostly behavioral. Asked questions about why you wanted to work there and ask you to give an example of how you would value a company
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Other Details
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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Graduate Analyst at Barclays
Posted Aug 21, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2010 (took 8 weeks)
My intial communication with the company was very professional and positive . I was encouraged by the understanding they had of my situation and asked direct questions in order to get a deeper understanding of my experiences. Feedback was at every stage and was usefull.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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Manager at Barclays
Posted Jul 18, 2010
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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 2008 (took 2 days)
sent application via recruiter. selectedf or initial interview on phone. followed by test and then later invited to final interview. hour long process asked questions on finance and to talk about experience and plans for future development within career .told within a week of offer made with contract and acceptance terms.
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Other Details
I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Senior Business Analyst at Barclays
Posted Jun 14, 2010
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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 Mar 2010 (took 2 weeks)
Was contacted intially over the phone.
2 rounds of phone interview which included 2 case studies and a situational interview.
final round of in person interview, panel interview consisted of technology case and strategy case and various other questions
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I Applied Online.
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