The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Barclays in Oct 2009
Interview
Met Barclays Capital at the Boston Career forum applying for a job in Japan. Went to the Barclays Capital booth, presented my resume and was given 2 interviews on the spot. One in Japanese with senior equity research managment and one in english with a research associate. The next day I was contacted again and invited out to dinner with members of the US equity reseach team. Offer for the job came the next day. Barcap employees seemed very nice and I was impressed by their growth strategy.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
3 lightbulbs in an enclosed room. Light switch outside, can not see inside in the room when the lights are on. 1 of the 3 light bulb does not work. How do you figure out which one does not work?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Barclays in Nov 2017
Interview
questions de maths et d'info, proba, statistique, calcul stochastique, monte carlo, mcmc, optimisation, calcul d'intégrale...
questions sur C++; questions de combinatoires, markov chain, algorithmique . candidature sur le site de barclays
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Barclays in Feb 2017
Interview
They have two round phone interviews. Both asked typical technical questions in the interview books. Mostly are probability and stochastic calculus. One onsite interview, with 45 mins exams and four interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I uniform distribution. The probability that their sum is less than 1.
I applied through university. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Barclays in Nov 2016
Interview
I applied from the university site, followed by an untimed online test. After passing the online test, I then need to do an Hirevue interview within 5 days.
The Hirevue interview is timed, structures varies depend on which division you apply.
The Quantitative Associate interview consist of answering 6 questions in 30 min, a behavioural question: introduce yourself, an presentation of investment recommendation based on given data. Then a question asking how you found the experience of this interview.
Although they accept applications from varies background, it is best to have some financial knowledge in options and maturity dates.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is investment recommendation would you give to the client based on their situation and the data given.
