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Interview Experience
Samarth MaliBarclays
Intern
CS 2025
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
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🎯 My Barclays Internship Interview Experience
Hello! Myself Samarth Mali, final year student at PICT, Pune.
I am doing an internship at Barclays. Here, I will share my interview experience and story about how I got into Barclays.
I am doing an internship at Barclays. Here, I will share my interview experience and story about how I got into Barclays.
Barclays came to our college around the 2nd week of September 2023 for the Technology Summer Intern post during the on-campus internship drive.
📌 Barclays Selection Process
Barclays conducted two rounds:
- OA - Online Assessment Round
- Interview Round
🖥️ Round 1: Online Assessment
The OA round was conducted online on the company-specific portal. It was an online test, but due to college and company norms, students had to give the test on college computers.
Duration: 2 hours
Test Structure: 20 MCQs + 5 SQL Queries
Duration: 2 hours
Test Structure: 20 MCQs + 5 SQL Queries
📌 Topics Covered in MCQs:
- C++ Code Snippets
- Java Code Snippets
- C++/ Java Theory Questions (OOP Based Mostly)
- DSA
- DBMS
- CNS
- OS
MCQs were simple but tricky at the same time.
On the other hand, SQL Queries were quite logical-based. Five questions were given, and students were supposed to write and execute SQL queries in the provided SQL Query Runner.
📌 Key SQL Concepts Required:
- Statements
- Clauses
- Operators
- Aggregate Functions
🏆 Round 2: Interview Experience
On the day of the interview, we had a PPT Talk from the Barclays Interview Panel.
A copy of our resumes was already provided to the Interview Panel.
I had to wait till afternoon until it was my turn for the interview.
A copy of our resumes was already provided to the Interview Panel.
I had to wait till afternoon until it was my turn for the interview.
🔹 Interview Process
1️⃣ First, I introduced myself to the interviewer, mentioning my academics, technical stack, domain of interest, and extra-curricular activities.
2️⃣ The interviewer had my resume and started asking questions based on it.
2️⃣ The interviewer had my resume and started asking questions based on it.
📌 Technical Questions Topics:
- Web Development
- React DOM
- NodeJS
- Asynchronous and Non-blocking I/O features of JS
- DBMS
- SQL Query
- PL/SQL Concepts
- Indexes, Triggers, Joins
- MongoDB
- DSA
- Real-world application of DSA
- Previous projects
📌 HR Questions Topics:
- Club-related activities
- Team Coordination
- Team Management
- My biggest challenges
- My strengths and weaknesses
- Situation-based questions
- Barclays-related questions like "Why do you want to join Barclays?" and Barclays Values (RISES)
At the end of the interview, I also asked a few questions to the interviewer.
The interview lasted around 1 hour.
The interview lasted around 1 hour.
📢 On the same evening, results were declared, and I was selected! 🎉
📚 Preparation Tips
✅ Revise the following topics thoroughly:
- DBMS (Most important)
- DSA
- CNS
- Java Multithreading
- OS
✅ Have complete knowledge of your project—not just the code and implementation but also how the technology works.
✅ Research the company's values, principles, and current work in technology.
All the best with your preparation and test! 🚀
