I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Barclays (Nairobi) in Sep 2013
Interview
Technical - Here you are expected to do analysis of raw data and then present the results
Presentation - At this stage you go through the presentation with the head of business unit and his senior managers
Group panel - you are now taken through the interview to check personality and other overall skills
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Sometimes things don't turn out as well as we'd like at work. Tell me about a time you made a mistake that affected your work with. How did you react when you realized you had made a mistake and What did you do to put right the mistake? What did you learn from the experience?
2. What have you done in your current role to make sure your work is the best quality, What do you find most difficult or challenging about working to a high standard? What have you done further to improve the quality of your work? What more could you do?
The interview was moved twice then when is it happen interviewee did not have the camera on and the interview was so uncomfortable. Not a great experience really put me off
Interview was good and very friendly. Question asked about the current profile only. Interview process was very smooth. It takes 1 hour for discussion but overall it's good. If anyone going for interview, Should be well dressed and confident.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Barclays (London, England)
Interview
Applied online, spent a long time doing it and got given a rejection within no time which was disappointing. Overall a bad experience for me if I’m honest. Could’ve just been my lack of experience thought
Barclays interviews FAQs
Business Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Barclays with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Business Analyst roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 44 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 Business Analyst according to 44 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 22%
Phone interview: 19%
Skills test: 16%
Group panel interview: 15%
Background check: 15%
Personality test: 4%
Presentation: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 2%
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