I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Barclays (New York, NY) in Oct 2013
Interview
Applied online through barclays website. Application included 3 essay questions. Two weeks after that recieved a call to come in for a interview day. Had 3 1-on-1 interviews with different VPs. Mostly behavioral questions. Nothing to hard. Heard back 5 weeks later about offer.
I had an interview with HR-managers of the company. Among the questions asked were standard questions such as:
1) Why finance?
2) Why Barclays?
3) Why this program?
4) Why this division
and a few situational questions (describe a situation where you showed your leadership)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In each example I provided I was asked to tell which aspects of this situation I liked the most and the least.
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Barclays (Mumbai) in Dec 2013
Interview
4 Stages:
FIRST: Shortlisting on the basis of Form filling.
SECOND : Aptitude Test Quantitative & verbal questions
Quantitative: 35 Q, 35 Min.
- Very calculative but Easy
Verbal: 48 Q, 25 min
12 passages of 5-6 lines.
You have to whether the statement is TRUE or FALSE or CAN'T SAY.
THIRD:
Assessment round / Case study
Financial knowledge is req.
FOURTH: Interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You have to be very fast in calculation (Calculator was allowed). They were having only Data Interpretation sets.(Bar graph, Pie chart, Line chart, Tables etc).
DI were given at the end and questions were randomly asked. You have to be very fast in searching the proper DI set.