Investment Banking Summer Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Barclays with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Investment Banking Summer Associate roles take an average of 54 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Barclays overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Barclays as a Investment Banking Summer Associate according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 27%
Skills test: 18%
Phone interview: 18%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Presentation: 9%
Personality test: 9%
Background check: 9%
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I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Barclays (New York, NY) in Dec 2025
Interview
It’s an MBA Summer Associate role, so the process is very structured. After the school corporate presentation, I attended several events in NYC, spoke with more than 10 bankers, and was invited to a first round interview, but I didn’t receive a Superday invitation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk me through a deal you’ve worked on. Most of the questions were very typical.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Barclays
Interview
Selected for superday (30 minutes back to back to back) after networking with multiple people. It was a very quick process and I accepted the offer on the spot.
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Barclays (Charlottesville, VA) in Jan 2016
Interview
1st round on campus interview + 2nd round on campus + super day in NYC
During the super day in New York City I had 5 back to back interviews, each of them last for 45 minutes.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you have to choose one financial statement to make a valuation of a company. Which one would you choose and why?
Do you feel comfortable valuation a tech company with no profits using the DCF method?