Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Barclays as 33.3% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.67 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Credit Research Analyst and Investment Banking Analyst rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Internship and Investment Banking Analyst roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Barclays takes an average of 12 days when considering 3 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Investment Banking Analyst had the quickest hiring process (on average 12 days), whereas Investment Banking Analyst roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 12 days).
5 interviews, nice experience , first normal then more technical. interviewer was polite, you have to prepare the classical quesitons that they make, cv first and then finance relate quesitons
I applied online. I interviewed at Barclays (New York, NY) in Oct 2025
Interview
They gave out 11 math questions in 45 minutes including topics from convergences tests, statistical distributions, and recursion. After the math, they asked me some datasets implementation questions. As well as some things correlated to as of join. Finally, I talked with 2 of the directors of the department. It's some sort of behavioral round. They tend to ask some resume heavy questions and follow up questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Eleven Question Math Test... Method of Moments of Gamma Distribution. Convergences/Divergence Test. Bayes Formula.
Very straightforward process - a case study, brief personal questions, experience questions, behavioural questions. The office is fantastic. Very big, very comfortable, lots of ways to wind down and relax
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Case study showing a problem that requires a solution with a new product