The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Barclays (Londres, Inglaterra) in Feb 2011
Interview
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 [1]
Question 1
why I chose to get into banking 13 yrs after the event
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Barclays (City of London, England) in Dec 2010
Interview
First round was written test. It was java written test and c# bloke came in the end. He had printed some java Q & A and was asking looking at it. He himself was embarassed when I said something which is not printed in his answer sheet.. Anyway I cleared the test and was called for second round.
Second round was more horrible. Hiring manager started from my pre university days. Questions like why do you like IT and project you did in uni ( I left uni like 7 years ago ) and all that stuff for two hours ! Exhausted towards the end.
Finally they rejected stating I dont have enough exposure.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What major you took in university? Why did you select that major ? Is there you regrest you have done in your school days ?
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Barclays in Jan 2011
Interview
The phone interviewer from HR department was very nice. All behavioral questions and lasted about 20 minutes. The accessment centre lasted for a half day, which consists of 1 to 1 interviews, case study and a group discussion of prioritzing things. The culture there is friendly. The feedback from the AC is helpful.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's your other interested areas besides financial industry?