Internship applicants have rated the interview process at Barclays with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 46% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Internship roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 24 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 Internship according to 24 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 36%
Personality test: 21%
One on one interview: 18%
Skills test: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Drug test: 4%
Group panel interview: 4%
Background check: 4%
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I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Barclays in Sep 2017
Interview
I applied Banking Summer Internship and needed to complete the Barclays Business Insight Stage 1, which included behavioural, logical and numerical assessment test. The test was difficult for me so I didn't pass it. Then Barclays sent a constructive feedback to me telling me my pros and cons.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
the questions are based on different financial scenario
2 steps with interview in person with 40 min each by group of 2. No response after 1 month, have to ask mutiple times to get refused. It was for a internship in Paris
it was good and there was oa and then an interview , then hr round and then they provided the final list. it was a smooth process and the company gives a lot of perks too in the internship period.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Barclays (Hyderābād) in Jan 2026
Interview
at first they kept online assessment which includes 5 sql questinns and some multiple choice questions related to the core subjects , after clearing the round , next interview with hr