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Barclays Quantitative Analyst Interview Questions and Answers
Barclays Quantitative Analyst Interview Experiences
3 interviews found
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I applied via campus placement at Narsee Monjee Institute Of Management Studies (NMIMS) and was interviewed in Sep 2023. There were 5 interview rounds.
It was a general online assessment that included questions from finance, general aptitude and coding (pseudocodes)
(4 Questions)
- Q1. What are derivatives
- Ans.
Derivatives are financial instruments whose value is derived from an underlying asset or group of assets.
Derivatives can be used for hedging, speculation, or arbitrage.
Common types of derivatives include options, futures, forwards, and swaps.
Derivatives allow investors to take on leverage and potentially increase returns, but also come with higher risks.
Example: A call option on a stock gives the holder the right to bu...
- Q2. What is straddle and strangle
- Ans.
Straddle and strangle are options trading strategies involving the purchase or sale of both a call and a put option with the same expiration date.
A straddle involves buying or selling a call and put option at the same strike price and expiration date.
A strangle involves buying or selling a call and put option with different strike prices but the same expiration date.
Both strategies are used when the trader expects a si...
- Q3. Accounting questions - scenario was given and asked what would be the effect in 3 financial statements
- Q4. Puzzle questions
(1 Question)
- Q1. Question based on resume - specific internship and projects related to the job
(2 Questions)
- Q1. Why this role and why barclays
- Q2. Tell me about yourself
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I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Sep 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.
Fast numerical reasoning and pattern recognition tests. 24 questions in 30 minutes. graphs and calculations.
(1 Question)
- Q1. Didnt get through
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- maths
- Problem Solving
- Pattern Recognition
- Numerical
Piyush Samarth
Selected
I was interviewed before Feb 2024.
Probability and statistics
(2 Questions)
- Q1. Behaviour questions
- Q2. Curiosity and compatibility check
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(1 Question)
- Q1. Explain about how recommendation engine work
- Ans.
Recommendation engines analyze user data to suggest items based on preferences and behavior.
Recommendation engines use collaborative filtering to suggest items based on user behavior and preferences.
They can also use content-based filtering to recommend items similar to ones the user has liked in the past.
Some recommendation engines combine both collaborative and content-based filtering for more accurate suggestions.
Ex...
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Senior Data Analyst Interview Questions & Answers
Kotak Mahindra Bank
Anonymous
posted on 5 Aug 2023
I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Feb 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.
(1 Question)
- Q1. HR was just asking about myself and my current job profile.
(1 Question)
- Q1. Explain about your current job process?
Quantitative Researcher Interview Questions & Answers
Kotak Mahindra Bank
Anonymous
posted on 3 Jul 2024
Selected
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jul 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.
Given a data, asks for data manipulation and cleaning
(2 Questions)
- Q1. What is PCA and why it is useful?
- Ans.
PCA stands for Principal Component Analysis. It is a statistical technique used to reduce the dimensionality of data while preserving important information.
PCA helps in identifying patterns in data by transforming it into a new coordinate system where the greatest variance lies on the first axis, the second greatest variance on the second axis, and so on.
It is useful for reducing the number of variables in a dataset, m...
- Q2. Explain usage of multivariate statistics
- Ans.
Multivariate statistics involves analyzing data with multiple variables to understand relationships and patterns.
Multivariate statistics allows for the analysis of complex relationships between multiple variables simultaneously
It can be used to identify patterns, trends, and correlations in data
Common techniques include factor analysis, cluster analysis, and multivariate regression
Example: Using multivariate statistics...
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Selected
I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Jul 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.
If else conditions, data merging, datetime conversions, EDA on a sample data set, duplicates removal and missing value imputation
(1 Question)
- Q1. If you have to sell a kids account, how will you Target the customer. What features will you build?
- Ans.
To target customers for a kids account, focus on features like parental controls, educational content, and interactive games.
Implement parental controls to assure parents of child safety online.
Include educational content to attract parents looking for learning opportunities.
Incorporate interactive games to engage children and make the account more appealing.
Offer rewards or incentives for completing educational activi...
Data Science Engineer Interview Questions & Answers
AU Small Finance Bank
Shubham Kumar singh
posted on 30 Jul 2022
I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Jun 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.
(2 Questions)
- Q1. Sql basic to advance questions
- Q2. In my some basic question from R language like what are the library available. From which library Sorting and filtering can be done?
(1 Question)
- Q1. In my case question related to banking terms and knowledge about credit card.
Case study on excel only.
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- Python
- SQL
- Excel
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4 Questions
- Q1. What is pep8?
- Ans.
pep8 is a style guide for Python code.
pep8 provides guidelines for formatting, naming, and organizing Python code.
It helps to improve code readability and maintainability.
Examples of guidelines include using 4 spaces for indentation, limiting line length to 79 characters, and using snake_case for variable names.
pep8 is not mandatory, but following its guidelines is considered good practice in the Python community.
- Q2. Difference between comment and docstring
- Ans.
Comment is for code readability, docstring is for documentation
Comments are used to explain code and make it more readable
Docstrings are used to document functions, classes, and modules
Comments start with #, docstrings are enclosed in triple quotes
Docstrings can be accessed using __doc__ attribute
- Q3. Spark architecture
- Q4. Spark inbuilt functions
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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jun 2021. There were 2 interview rounds.
(1 Question)
- Q1. No of atm machines in your locality. Basic statistics questions and CPC based questions
(1 Question)
- Q1. Work experience driven questions
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