I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Barclays (Pune) in Jan 2013
Interview
1. Telephonic Round - Screening
2. Face to Face Interview at Barclays' Campus - Mostly done by London
3. Manager Round
When you have successfully cleared the above 3 rounds, then HR tries for salary negotiation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The questions vary from team to team as well as interviewers
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Screening Round: Basic fundamental concepts in C++, Unix POSIX threads (e.g., usage of semaphore, mutex, producer-consumer, simple DML statements to check if you are capable of using basic database select queries)
Face to Face:
1. How do you ensure that if your function is using a mutex lock, the lock gets unlocked ALWAYS?
2. String reverse algorithm - from single threaded to multithreaded
Ensure there are no mistakes. One mistake and bam ...
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Barclays (New York, NY) in May 2011
Interview
1 telephonic interview for 1 hour. Meet 5 people in 1 day for around 4 hours. The questions were mainly focusing on skills required for the job. They also asked questions about previous experience, technical background and business knowledge. Business knowledge has some weightage.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
50 % technical questions in area of technical skills required.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Barclays in Nov 2011
Interview
Multiple 1:1 rounds. BA domain knowledge interview followed by behavioural interview by Senior management. Lastly the hiring manager interview. Finally HR round. Process takes time and the delay is sometime frustrating. But patience pays :)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to handle conflicts in day to day job between business and technology, if technology is not willing to listen to a solution.