Barclays Analyst interview questions

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.

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.