I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Barclays (Praga) in Apr 2023
Interview
There were two rounds of technical interviews, both on screen, and one round to pick the team.
The first round was mainly technical questions about and algorithms. The questions were mainly focused on OOP and multithreading. The round took about 45 minutes and the most difficult question i remember was to explain the difference between a threadLocal and a shared variable in multithreading.
The second round took place a week later and it involved problem solving. I had to solve one problem and explain and code the solution. I was a graph problem, similar to leetcode's "number of islands". I would say it was easy to medium in difficulty.
Initial CGPA based screening.
Three rounds in total post that.
First eliminatory round consisted of DSA and sql round for screening.
Difficulty Leet Code Medium.Strings question.
Pen paper DSA in person. Leet Code Easy. A sorting variant.
HR or behavioural round.
Final verdict: Selected
I arrived at the Barclays Munich office on Leopoldstraße. A friendly recruiter named Katharina welcomed me. We discussed Java microservices, Kubernetes deployments, and team culture. The atmosphere felt professional yet relaxed. Overall, a positive experience.
3 or 4 Rounds based on role and requirements.
1 or 2 Tech round about your skills and projects will be discussed.
Next is manager round where your inter personal or decision making ability will be discussed. Last HR round where your ctc will be discussed.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Skill - SQL
Few Topics - Joins, Windows Functions, Indexes, Partitions, XACT_ABORT, etc.
