I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Barclays in Feb 2011
Interview
All classical questions. Brain teaser, general competency questions and a trading game. Great company, flat hierarchy. The firm actively helps interns to integrate into the company by arranging interactions between interns and employees.
Communications are very important for interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the biggest risk for you to come to London?
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.