I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Barclays (Londen, Engeland) in Mar 2009
Interview
A senior software developer called me and described the role to me. He then went through my CV and asked me a couple of questions. He seemed really friendly and interested in what I had to say. He told me BarCap would get back soon. BarCap never came back and the recruiter did not provide any feedback.
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Barclays in Oct 2010
Interview
I met with them a college career fair and at first was excited. After a long online application, I found out I qualified for an interview. I went for the interview and was suprised. Never was I told that it was going to be at all technical. The first question was, are you willing to write some code. I said sure, as I started writing, before I was done they were questioning my methods. The interview consisted of 2 technical questions (linked lists and strings), followed by personal questions. The question that most threw me was "why do you want to work for an investment banking company." I had struggled with that same question online, and didn't expect to get it again... Overall the interview didn't go well, and I don't expect to hear from them again.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Why do you want to work for an investment banking firm?