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Updated May 15, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Relationship Executive at Barclays Wealth
Posted May 15, 2012
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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 Mar 2012 (took 2 weeks)
Telephone and 1:1 interviews were ok, standard questions. The panel interview was a bit harder more looking for reasons as to why I chose finance instead of my degree in pharmacy - in the end I was told that my reasons for my career decisions were not good enough - left feeling confused.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Vice President at Barclays Wealth
Posted May 11, 2012
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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 Sep 2011 (took 2+ weeks)
The interviewer had no clue. Most of the bankers have no experience managing money. I can't possibly in good conscience sell a pile of crap to my clients of hnwi some of which are personal friends
Interview Questions
Reason for Declining
See above
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Private Banker - Embark Programme at Barclays Wealth
Posted Jul 22, 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 Jul 2011 (took 4+ weeks)
The Embark Programme is for experienced professionals looking to go into Private Banking. Process included an online application answering some questions and two timed online tests on numerical reasoning and handling of time-sensitive information. Both are fairly easy since you can practice some mock exams in advance so you know what to expect.
Then comes a telephone interview with a member of the HR team mainly to go over your CV and motivations. They keep you updated at least once a week and you can also track your progress online.
This is where things got complicated. You are supposed to get an interview (outside the selection process) with a current Embarkee to give you the opportunity to ask questions and learn all you want about the job and BW. Since we are all experienced and successful professionals looking to change careers, it is not a decision to be taken lightly and both BW and I want to make sure it's the right one. So far so good.
You are then supposed to go for a 1-to-1 interview with a senior banker to look at your career in more detail as well as your motivations to go into private wealth management and so on. If successful, you are expected to attend a half-day assessment.
I was phoned one week before the assessment centre to be told that the interview with the Embarkee would not happen and that I was therefore going straight into the interview with the senior private banker. If successful, I was to prepare a presentation outlining my three-year business plan to build my client book, to be delivered on assessment day.
Most of this wasn't really that unexpected but by robbing me of the chance to speak to the current Embarkee I lost the best opportunity I expected to have to learn about the job, make sure the career change made sense, and gain valuable info to prepare a well-thought business plan. I had been counting on that interview and as a reputable bank, I never expected BW to suddenly change their promise. So I thought: Fine, I can work with what I have and can get, and finalise the plan over the weekend between the 1-to-1 interview and the assessment day, trying to ask as many questions as possible during the 1-to-1 interview.
The 1-to-1 interview was mostly based on my career to date, my motivations to go into private wealth management and changing career, my interest in financial markets, and some competency based questions such as instances where I showed pioneering and self-starting work, etc.. What I definitely did not expect (since they had already asked me to have it ready for assessment day) was that the senior banker asked me for my business plan and of course it wasn't ready. As a result I didn't do well and looked like I hadn't given the career change enough thought.
I don't mind loosing the job for not doing my work or simply because I'm not the right candidate, but I do expect to be given a fair opportunity. This didn't feel like it.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Analyst at Barclays Wealth
Posted Jun 9, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 (took 2 weeks)
There was two inteviews conducted on the same day back to back (uinplaned). Both interviewers were detailed in description of the work culture and expectations - moving from team function, where the team fits in the organtisation chart and also the expectatoin of the hire.
The third and forth interviews were conducted with the HR and an independent VP to understand the reason for leaving the current orgnaisation and interest/drive in joining theirs.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Analyst at Barclays Wealth
Posted May 27, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 in New York, NY (took 3 months)
The interview process consisted of a phone interview 1st with a VP then flying to NYC (at my expense) for face to face interviews. Once in NYC I had 3 face to face interviews, one with the hiring manager and the other two with department heads I would be interacting with if hired. All 3 interviews were pretty straight forward mainly focusing on my previous work experience. What made this interview experience a negative one was the fact that I never heard back from anyone. Not even a form email stating I didn’t get the job. I thought that was pretty cold & unprofessional on Barclays part considering the people I interviewed with was aware that I traveled to NYC at my expense for the interview. If they treat interviewees like this, I can imagine how they treat their employees.
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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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Vice President at Barclays Wealth
Posted May 13, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 2 weeks)
phone interview from non reporting individual first
second intereview with hiring manager and head of dealing
primarily focused on university years and reasons joined industry ... fine for someone with 1-2 yrs experience but I am 13yrs and had much more interesting relevant things to talk about ... felt like they were interviewing from the book of interview for dummies.
Interview Questions
Reason for Declining
platform did not seem compelling
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Wealth Management Analyst at Barclays Wealth
Posted Feb 27, 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 Feb 2011 in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) (took 4 months)
Applied for Graduate Wealth Management Scheme for Dubai office. Things went very quickly in the beginning - put in application and was immediately asked to complete numerical and verbal reasoning tests (had 5 days to complete them). Found out immediately that I had passed and was invited to a phone interview less than a week later (mid-November). Was told by HR interviewer that if I passed, I would be invited to a final round assessment center in Dubai, most likely in early January. I did pass, and then the waiting began...finally, mid-January, got an email from the recruiter asking me where I was based so I could be sent to an assessment center. I told her that I understood I would be going to Dubai, as that is where I had applied. After a week, she replied and said they wanted me to have another interview before they decided to send me to Dubai - but that interview was at 5:30 AM (I asked if there were any way to maybe push it back to say 7 or 8 AM and was told that it was impossible - I'm on the east coast, so even 8AM is still only 5PM in Dubai...). I got an email 30 minutes before the interview (at 5 AM) saying it was going to be to assess my knowledge of the company and business and when the Dubai manager got on the phone, he just asked me to tell him about my resume. Clearly NO COMMUNICATION. Waited another week (now into February) and got an email from a totally new recruiter saying that Barclays had decided not to hire anyone into graduate scheme for Dubai for this year and that because of changes to the program, would probably not be hiring people into Dubai ever again - would only be hiring into London and some other European offices. So unorganised and unprofessional.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Skills Test.
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Wealth Training Program at Barclays Wealth
Posted Feb 18, 2011
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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 2011 (took 3 weeks)
Did a series of online tests (math, verbal, scenario based). Was contacted a week later for a phone interview. Phone interview took an hour. Why Barclays? Why Wealth management? Explain a time when: you were challenged on a particular deadline, you worked on a team, you accomplished a large task on your own.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Senior Developer at Barclays Wealth
Posted Oct 9, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Oct 2010 in Jersey City, NJ (took a day)
Interview at Barclays Wealth is the most disgusting interview I have ever experienced in my entire 10 year career in the tech industry. It was such an harrasing experience that I am never ever gonna apply to Barclays again.
I was scheduled for a 1-1 phone interview with 3 different people for half hour each. First, the hiring manager called up. He was nice and friendly. He did not ask any technical stuff. He was primarily interested in getting an idea about what I worked on, what kind of complex work have I handled etc. It lasted for about 20-25 min. After it was over, a 2nd guy calls up after like 15 min. I think he was a developer. He was Indian(I must mention here that I am also an Indian). His communication skill was so poor and pathetic. He was showing off attitude the moment he started speaking. He was rude. His conversation was so egoistic, it seemed as if he was considering himself the CEO of the company ( CEOs are more friendly that this bugger ). His questions were so vague and over-broad. I did not think he was qualified enough to interview anyone. After I tried to give specific answer to his vague first question, he was not even ready to listen to me or discuss the answer with me. That very moment, I lost my interest in continuing the discussion, I felt like I was wasting my time. He then continued with his 2nd stupid question and I did not feel like answering his vague question. It continued for like 5 minutes, and he hang up the phone. I felt so offended.
I think Barclays should raise their bar about the kind of people they bring into their interview panel. Rude and ill-mannered people in the interview panel reflects poorly on the company's work culture.
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I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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IT Auditor at Barclays Wealth
Posted Sep 19, 2010 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Sep 2010 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took a day)
very large corporate offices, impersonal but that's expected of investment banking environment. interviewed by two audit directors, interview was very rushed as it started late and the meeting room was scheduled for other meetings after the interview.
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