I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Barclays (Mumbai) in July 2010
Interview
Initially you are interviewed by the reporting manager followed by functional head. This process is very detailed and all aspects of your current role and experience is put to test during the face to face interview which could last between 40 mins to an hour each. Subsequently the HR Business Partner interviews you and if found suitable by both the Business and HR, you are selected for further processing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Business Case scenario of a company in a downward spiral - to chose between allowing it to die or re-drawing plan for its revival with available constraints. There is no right or wrong answer and one has to decide either approach and take it to logical conclusion.
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.
There will be 2 round before HR round, one round discusses about candidate technical expertise and second round with senior management explaining barclays values and mindset with the achievements did.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what is the challenge you faced when we upgrade a database , explain with barclays values.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Barclays (Pune)
Interview
Internal job opening from my old manager. Process took few weeks with 3 rounds from regional and global Run The Bank or support leads.
The questions were simple but budget was pre agreed so there was not negotiation due to lockdown.