The interview was mostly behavioral and I had a great experience. Pretty basic questions with very nice interviewers. The interview was about an hour (2 45 minute sections) I had only done a hirevue before my final round. Super chill overall.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Barclays (Hongkong)
Interview
There were two interviews. They asked technical questions about Java, behavioural questions about leadership, teamwork. Questions about data structures, hashmap, lists, asynchronous functions. The interviewers were nice, difficulty was average
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Data structures (list, hashmap) implementation in Java
Amazing Interview Process,
Have strong fundamentals in your core domain (for you — programming, data structures, project work) if applying for a tech role. Because tasks involve actual coding, DB/SQL, OOP, etc.
GeeksforGeeks
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Glassdoor
+2
Be ready to discuss your projects/internships in detail — what you did, challenges, how you contributed, decisions you made. Interviewers often dive into that.
Glassdoor
+2
GeeksforGeeks
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Prepare for behavioural questions — they matter a lot. Practice storytelling using something like STAR (Situation-Task-Action-Result) model. Be ready to speak about strengths/weaknesses, teamwork, conflict handling, motivation, future goals.
Indeed
+2
Graduates First
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Understand why you want to join Barclays, what attracts you to that role in Barclays (values, growth, learning, domain), and be able to articulate that clearly.
Testbook
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congrapps.com
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Do your homework about the company — know what Barclays does globally, its business areas, recent developments if applicable, role-specific domain, etc. Interviewers appreciate informed candidates.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
For software-developer/engineering roles: Expect questions on programming (Java/C++/Python), OOP concepts, data structures & algorithms (DSA), databases/SQL or DBMS basics, plus possibly some DB + SQL queries.
For many, the first round (Online Assessment) included OOP-MCQs, one DSA problem, one SQL question.
After that, interviews asked to walk through your projects / past internships, talk about your contributions, challenges, and decision-making.