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Analyst BA4 Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 27 Aug 2017

I was interviewed in Aug 2017.

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. Tell something about SOX(Sarbanes Oxley Act)
  • Ans. 

    The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) is a US federal law enacted in 2002 to protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures.

    • SOX was introduced in response to accounting scandals such as Enron and WorldCom.

    • It requires public companies to establish and maintain internal controls to ensure accurate financial reporting.

    • SOX mandates independent audits of financial statements by external auditors...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Something about integrity, behavior
  • Q3. Bank reconciliation statement
  • Q4. Some case studies

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: VP, Barclays was coordinating the GD.
He didn't speak a single word during GD regardless that discussion was getting out of the way.
Tips: Always listen to instructions carefully.
In my case there were many candidates who spoke good but not related to financial planning of bank and they were not selected
Duration: 20 minutes

Skills: Technical Questions
College Name: Icai

Analyst BA4 Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Tell something about SOX(Sarbanes Oxley Act)
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is mean By cybersecurity
  • Q2. What is mean hashing
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is encoding
  • Q2. Defrance betwwen sast and dast
Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is mean by Nmap
  • Q2. Waht is meant By zap
Round 4 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Waht is mean by postman
  • Q2. Priniciples of CIA

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Cybersecurity networkings itsecurity socanalyst

Cyber Security Analyst Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. 3- If you have received 2 mails from PwC with same name how will you identify that which one is fake and which one is genuine?
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Barclays Shared Services Interview Questions and Answers for Freshers
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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is your current work profile?
  • Ans. 

    I am currently working as a Senior Financial Analyst at a multinational corporation.

    • Preparing financial reports and analysis

    • Budgeting and forecasting

    • Providing financial recommendations to senior management

    • Collaborating with various departments on financial matters

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is CIR ratio
  • Ans. 

    CIR ratio stands for Cash Interest Coverage ratio, which measures a company's ability to pay interest expenses with its operating cash flow.

    • CIR ratio is calculated by dividing operating cash flow by total interest expenses.

    • A higher CIR ratio indicates that a company is more capable of covering its interest expenses with its cash flow.

    • A lower CIR ratio may indicate financial distress or an inability to generate enough c

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is Return on Tangible Equity (RoTE), and how do planning and budgeting work?
  • Ans. 

    RoTE is a financial metric used to evaluate the profitability of a company's tangible equity.

    • RoTE is calculated by dividing net income by average tangible equity.

    • It measures how efficiently a company is using its tangible assets to generate profit.

    • Planning and budgeting involve setting financial goals, allocating resources, and monitoring performance to achieve desired RoTE.

    • For example, a company may set a target RoTE ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is a Banking Profit and Loss (P&L) statement?
  • Ans. 

    A Banking Profit and Loss (P&L) statement is a financial document that shows the revenues, expenses, and profits of a bank over a specific period of time.

    • It includes details of interest income, fees and commissions, operating expenses, provisions for loan losses, and net income.

    • The statement helps in analyzing the financial performance and profitability of the bank.

    • It is an essential tool for stakeholders, investor...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Please review the company's annual statement before interview

Associate Vice President Finance Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What is Return on Tangible Equity (RoTE), and how do planning and budgeting work?
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Test Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 31 May 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in May 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic Java questions Basic selenium questions Basic api questions Behavioral questions
  • Q2. Basic java question were asked string manipulation
  • Q3. Basic selenium questions were asked
  • Q4. Basic api questions were asked
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Behavioral questions related to project

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Q1. Explain framework and practical uses of oops concepts in framework . explain priority and severity. defect lifecycle
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Barclays Shared Services interview questions for popular designations

 Process Advisor

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 Senior Process Advisor

 (2)

 Business Analyst

 (2)

 Data Scientist

 (1)

 Analyst

 (1)

 Associate/Senior Associate -(Nontechnical)

 (1)

 Senior Analyst

 (1)

 Assistant Manager

 (1)

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Technical on the Regulatory reporting
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Technical on Regulatory reporting

Vice President Finance Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Are you flexible to manage different time zones
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Data Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 19 Jul 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Explain Hadoop architecture?
  • Ans. 

    Hadoop architecture is a distributed computing framework for processing large data sets across clusters of computers.

    • Hadoop consists of HDFS (Hadoop Distributed File System) for storage and MapReduce for processing.

    • HDFS divides data into blocks and stores them across multiple nodes in a cluster.

    • MapReduce is a programming model for processing large data sets in parallel across a distributed cluster.

    • Hadoop also includes ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Hadoop vs spark difference
  • Ans. 

    Hadoop is a distributed storage system while Spark is a distributed processing engine.

    • Hadoop is primarily used for storing and processing large volumes of data in a distributed environment.

    • Spark is designed for fast data processing and can perform in-memory computations, making it faster than Hadoop for certain tasks.

    • Hadoop uses MapReduce for processing data, while Spark uses Resilient Distributed Datasets (RDDs) for f...

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Data Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Optimal Strategy for a Coin Game You are playing a coin game with your friend Ninjax. There are N coins placed in a straight line. Here are the rules of the game: 1. Each coin has a value associated with it. 2. The game involves two players... read more
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Jobs at Barclays Shared Services

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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I was interviewed in Mar 2024.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Maths and general knowledge

Round 2 - Group Discussion 

Environmental studies

Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell about yourself
  • Q2. Salary expectation

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Good and nice

Process Advisor Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Which types of bank accounts do you know?
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed in Sep 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What is credit risk
  • Ans. 

    Credit risk is the risk of loss due to a borrower's failure to repay a loan or meet contractual obligations.

    • Credit risk is the risk that a borrower will default on a loan or debt obligation.

    • It is the potential loss that a lender may suffer if a borrower fails to make payments.

    • Factors that contribute to credit risk include the borrower's credit history, financial stability, and economic conditions.

    • Lenders use credit sco...

  • Answered by AI

Senior Underwriter Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Why do we considering 60% for IRA assets, 70% for stocks and Large deposit definition
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Aug 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is regression , classification
  • Ans. 

    Regression is a statistical method to predict continuous outcomes, while classification is used to predict categorical outcomes.

    • Regression is used when the target variable is continuous, such as predicting house prices based on features like size and location.

    • Classification is used when the target variable is categorical, like predicting whether an email is spam or not based on its content.

    • Regression models include lin...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. NLP techniques and text classification algorithms and techniques like word embeddings
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Hyper parameters for classification algorithms
  • Ans. 

    Hyper parameters are settings that are set before the learning process begins and affect the learning process itself.

    • Hyper parameters are not learned during the training process, but are set before training begins.

    • They control the learning process and impact the performance of the model.

    • Examples include learning rate, number of hidden layers, and batch size in neural networks.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. How to improve efficiency of models
  • Ans. 

    Improving model efficiency involves feature selection, hyperparameter tuning, and ensemble methods.

    • Perform feature selection to reduce dimensionality and focus on relevant features

    • Optimize hyperparameters using techniques like grid search or random search

    • Utilize ensemble methods like bagging or boosting to improve model performance

    • Consider using more advanced algorithms like deep learning for complex data patterns

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Strong basics and diverse project exposure might help

Skills evaluated in this interview

Data Scientist Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. for a data with 1000 samples and 700 dimensions, how would you find a line that best fits the data, to be able to extrapolate? this is not a supervised ML problem, there's no target. and how would you do it, if you want to treat this as a s... read more
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I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in May 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. General discussion about oneself
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Your career ,experience, skills will be checked.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Stay calm and. Confident..your thoughts are more important and your zeal .

Test Lead Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 29 Sep 2022

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Various Unix commands and sql queries
  • Q2. Unix commands for permissions
  • Ans. 

    Unix commands for permissions

    • chmod - change file mode bits

    • chown - change file owner and group

    • ls - list directory contents with permissions

    • umask - set default file permissions

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Good interview and good company to work with.
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Skills evaluated in this interview

Test Lead Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. If you put in an Agile project, Will you be able to do in sprint Automation
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Barclays Shared Services Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Barclays Shared Services interview?
Barclays Shared Services interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Barclays Shared Services interview process are One-on-one Round, Technical and Resume Shortlist.
How to prepare for Barclays Shared Services interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Barclays Shared Services. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Barclays Shared Services expect are Operations, Service Excellence, Business Strategy, Medical Coding and CCTV Monitoring.
What are the top questions asked in Barclays Shared Services interview?

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  1. What is risk and why is it necessary to have a risk function for an organisat...read more
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