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).
I was asked for a recruiter screening process which was short and consisted of basic behavioral questions, work style, visa salary, and location alignment. I never heard anything back. The recruiter was friendly and informed.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you prioritize multiple urgent tasks?
What is your leadership style?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Barclays (Bombay) in Jan 2026
Interview
Interviewer’s asked question based on cv and given 2 dsa problems. Sql problems asked them to solve with pandas as well as spark questions asked all over the resume. I was able to answer most tge wuestions but i think they want all the answers
2 technical + behavioral.
asked about circular queues.
different ways to implement it.
java basic - core java, collections, threading, types of queues.
how do you resolve conflicts,
where do you see yourself in next 5 years
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
asked about circular queues and different ways to implement it.