I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Barclays (Singapur) in May 2010
Interview
Grilled technical questions on the investment banking industry, financial jargons etc., the team's business and how the candidate is able to present himself in front of clients, for sales related roles. Interview process consist of several rounds meeting with team heads from various departments. Overall experience is tough, around 6 rounds.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
how do you define rho and apply it to the calculation of the yield curve and why is it important?
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Barclays (Glasgow, Schottland) in Mar 2010
Interview
It was a temporary role, so my agency did all the application work. I got an email from my agency that there is going to be a telephone interview.
The phone interview lasted about 30mins and they mostly asked about competency base questions such as what does customer service mean to you?, what do you understand about being a team player?, describe your current role?, how to you manage to cope with the challenges and demands of your work?, etc.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Why do you want to work with barclays stockbrokers?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Barclays (London, England) in Jun 2010
Interview
4 stages
1) Online technical test
2) Phone interview with technical member of the team
3) Face to face interview with direct manager and his manager.
4) Face to face interview (via video conference) with department head
Technical quiz is done with 30 multiple choice questions, 3 minutes per question, no ability to go back after each one. Several questions consist of sample code. No way to cut and paste code into google - deter cheating. Very effective as you do need to know your stuff.
Phone interview a mix of prepared questions and some discussion over previous projects.
Face to face was yet more technical questions and personal career path stuff
Final interview is basically a does your face fit, where do you see yourself going type of thing
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What have you ben doing for the last 2 years - this arose as I'd had a career gap to accompany my wife to India for her job posting.