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Barclays Investment Bank Graduate Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 22 Feb 2023

Barclays Investment Bank Graduate Analyst Interview Experiences

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I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Sep 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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Round 2 - Coding Test 

Two DSA questions and 24 MCQs based on JAVA, C++ , Python output based and MongoDB.

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What are Pillars of oops
  • Ans. 

    The pillars of OOP are encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism.

    • Encapsulation: Bundling of data and methods into a single unit.

    • Inheritance: Ability to create new classes based on existing ones.

    • Polymorphism: Ability to use a single interface to represent different types of objects.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Project discussion was there and sql queries
  • Ans. Prepare ur project well and sql queries
  • Answered Anonymously

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well , do DSA and CS fundamental concepts perfectly
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Feb 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Do not use an unprofessional email address such as cool_boy@email.com. It shows a lack of professionalism by the candidate.
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mental Ability aptitude questions

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Combination of technical and and personal questions Technical - 3/5 questions were quantitative Personal questions - On strengths, weaknesses as well as career objectives
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Very generic questions to learn about personality and the location preferences for joining

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Barclays Investment Bank Graduate Analyst interview:
  • Job Description
  • Company profile
  • Basic Math
  • Knowledge of Computer
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - One of my very first successful interviews helped me land my first job. A very polite discussion with the interviewer can help clear the interview. Frankly saying No to the questions I could not get any answers to was really helpful to understand their expectations and to work on them.

Graduate Analyst Interview Questions Asked at Other Companies

Q1. what are Pillars of oops

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Basic Java DSA questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. On Collections, Multithreading
  • Q2. DBMS, OS were asked in the interview
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Mar 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Hacker earth coding round

Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Mostly situation based questions
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Common question about weakness and strengths
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Feb 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Coding with 2 questions and mcqs and mysql coding test too

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. About barclays , about my resume and general hr scenario based

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well on topics mentioned in your resume and some research on barclays values and youre good
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jul 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Asked Dynamic programming and graph problems along with Java and C++ questions

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Introduce yourself
  • Q2. Explain your project
  • Q3. Questions on projects
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jun 2023. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

3 questions in 75 mins, 1 easy, 1 medium, 1 hard. Hackerrank platform is being used.

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Lots of DSA questions on arrays, linked lists, trees and string manipulation
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. OOPs concepts, problem solving abilities, few resume based questions
Round 4 - Profit (Cultural Fit) 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic questions like where do you see yourself in x years
  • Q2. Puzzle (water jug problem)
  • Q3. Resume based questions
Round 5 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Resume based questions
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
-
Result
No response

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Aug 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

1 easy question, 1 medium question, 1 hard question

Round 2 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Completely based on your resume and DSA and language fundamentals
  • Q2. Language fundamentals
  • Q3. DSA fundamentals around 5 questions
Round 3 - Professional fitness 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Case studies and situational questions
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. General questions strengths, weakness and all

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - You must make sure that every thing you mention in your resume must have done by you and make your fundamentals strong

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Apr 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Group discussion

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Good

Interview Questionnaire 

7 Questions

  • Q1. Macroeconomic
  • Q2. HR questions
  • Q3. Why I chose MBA after 2 yr experience in IT and engineering background , they didn’t seem convinced
  • Q4. Explaination of Raghuram Rajan ‘s changes brought post fed taper announce in 2013
  • Q5. How to stabilise rupee
  • Ans. 

    Stabilising the rupee requires a combination of monetary and fiscal policies.

    • Increase interest rates to attract foreign investment

    • Reduce government spending to decrease fiscal deficit

    • Encourage exports to increase foreign currency inflow

    • Control inflation to maintain purchasing power of the rupee

    • Strengthen economic fundamentals to increase investor confidence

  • Answered by AI
  • Q6. Definition of NPA
  • Ans. 

    NPA stands for Non-Performing Asset, which refers to a loan or advance where interest or principal payments are overdue for a period of 90 days or more.

    • NPA is a loan or advance where payments are overdue for 90 days or more

    • It is also known as Non-Performing Loan (NPL)

    • Banks and financial institutions classify loans as NPA to reflect the risk of default

    • NPA can have a negative impact on the bank's profitability and credit...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q7. Explaining MSF,

Interview Preparation Tips

General Tips: Be up to date with the current affairs and definitions/values of CRR, repo rate etc. Macro economic brushup would be good.
Skills: Banking, Economics
College Name: NA

Barclays Investment Bank Interview FAQs

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Barclays Investment Bank interview process usually has 3-4 rounds. The most common rounds in the Barclays Investment Bank interview process are Resume Shortlist, Technical and HR.
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