1st round of the interview:
Resume projects, structure of project, techstack
In depth JAVA
DBMS, SQL, Mongodb
OOP
Might ask DSA, depending on the interviewer and your resume.
They were understanding towards what you excel at or what you might not know. If some subject is your expertise, the interview can be inclined towards it.
2nd round:
SQL queries
DSA question - easy
Projects
Internship experience
A few HR questions related to trust and behaviour in the office.
Other Software Engineer Interview Reviews for Barclays
Simple interview with mix of technical and behavior questions. The first round was introduction, 2nd round was technical and 3rd round was leadership related. Overall, the process was simple and straightforward.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Algorithmic problem (dynamic programming) with questions about time and space complexity.
Indetail interview process with appropriate focus on all concept of programming and analysis.
Round-1 with project based evaluation and technologies and tool used for requirement gathering.
Round-2 The continuation with first and certain technically fluent challenging question
Initial CGPA based screening.
Three rounds in total post that.
First eliminatory round consisted of DSA and sql round for screening.
Difficulty Leet Code Medium.Strings question.
Pen paper DSA in person. Leet Code Easy. A sorting variant.
HR or behavioural round.
Final verdict: Selected
Barclays interviews FAQs
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Barclays with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 48% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 69 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 Software Engineer according to 69 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 22%
Phone interview: 21%
One on one interview: 21%
Group panel interview: 10%
Background check: 9%
Personality test: 6%
Presentation: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 1%
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