Went through every round & then never heard back after the final round. I thought that was unprofessional since I was one of the final candidates. The questions were pretty technical from the first round.
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Barclays in Dec 2009
Interview
Round 1
Verbal and numeracy test. Not very hard if you practice SHL before that
Round 2
Phone Interview by HR. Questions such as why investment banking? Why Barclays Capital? Why do you think you are suited for this role ? What is your weakest quality and why? What kind of risks do you take?
Round 3
Super day at assessment centre: Case Study + an individual presentation. Case Study looked at a client's potential acquisition of a mining company. There is a tendency for assessors to ask about reputation risk, so if you can, prepare sth in advanced abt that. 2 individual interviews. More of a get to know you session and abit of technical competency questions. But nothing really hard. Finished up with a group interview. More of a teamwork thing but be prepared to speak up eloquently. You don't need to give right answers but try to explain your point in detail if possible.
I applied online. I interviewed at Barclays (Glasgow, Scotland) in Feb 2017
Interview
I send in application in January 2017 and got a Phone interview email in February 2017. The second stage of the process was face to face interview and finally an call session with the HR department.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mostly competency based questions based on Barclays values and how I have demonstrated those values through my previous experiences.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Barclays (Mumbai) in Oct 2016
Interview
I had applied through college campus placements. There was an aptitude test with finance section also followed by 2 interviews - technical and HR. The technical interview went up for 30 mins or so. The interviewers grilled a lot about every financial subject ranging from corporate finance, derivatives, payoff diagrams for option strategies, types of risks and how to mitigate them, sub prime crisis and general HR questions like what do you know about barclays, why do you want to join us, any current news about barclays etc. Overall it was a stress interview wherein then in-depth knowledge was being checked.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Payoff diagrams for straddle and strangle. Credit Default Swap, Interest Rate swap