I spoke to many analysts and had my first round interview very early in December. I was not as prepared as I wish I was but the interview questions themselves were not very difficult.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's Enterprise value and equity value and how do they connect?
What's a deal you've been following?
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Barclays (New York, NY) in Nov 2025
Interview
Asked both behavioral and technical questions. Was about 20-25 minute long with 4-5 minute of Q&A at the end of the chat. Overall was quite conversational but couldn't proceed to the next round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Walk me through your resume
2. Why IB
3. Why Barclays
4. Why specific group
5. Anything outside of your resume
6. Main Valuation methods (Deep dive on DCF, LBO, main difference, which yields higher valuation and why, difference in operating models, etc)
7. Any questions
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Barclays in Jan 2025
Interview
assessment online then recruiter called me out of blue. then it took forever to schedule the interview. then the first interview was with a product lead and engineering lead. the offshore engineering lead was a bit intense. recruiter called me next day to ask how I feel but then ghosted me. had to send multiple emails then got a automated rejection
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
how do you handle conflicts? how do you balance technical debt etc?