I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Barclays (Londres, Inglaterra) in Mar 2021
Interview
Was briefed on an HR style interview which instead turned into a technical interview from an interviewer who was inexplicably rude and condescending. Who then proceeded to ask me some intermediate questions followed by some inexplicable questions that I couldn't answer which resulted in him terminating the interview not before telling me how badly I had done and making me feel really good not
I applied online. I interviewed at Barclays (Londres, Inglaterra) in Jul 2025
Interview
Second stage interview where they ask general software engineering questions and few Java questions. They ask about previous experiences and expect STAR method as usual. 2 interviewers with from the software engineering team carry out the interview.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Barclays (Londres, Inglaterra) in Jan 2025
Interview
Invited for an in person interview. Interview was relatively straightforward, and went well.
Invited to complete personality / situational judgement test afterwards
Booked in for final interview via Microsoft teams, but there was a misunderstanding, interview was supposed to be in person, so rescheduled for next week.
Next week came, hiring manager called me to say we'd have to move our interview again due to a "technical outage".
Recruiter called following day saying they went with another candidate, and said I would receive interview feedback in a follow up call I am yet to receive.
Overall bad experience. Team / project and salary were not terrible mind you.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Whats the difference between an Abstract Class and an Interface (Java)
Automated OA, very, very long automated assessment, with things like personality tests, cognitive abilities test, quantitative math tests, did not even get to any technical coding tests, Honestly, too long of an automated test for me.