Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Barclays with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 89% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 11 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 Associate according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 35%
Phone interview: 17%
Skills test: 17%
Background check: 13%
Group panel interview: 9%
Other: 4%
Personality test: 4%
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Simple and friendly. Were welcoming and happy to hear about my experience and the value I could add to the firm. Some technical questions but nothing out the ordinary expected with a role in finance
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Barclays (Mumbai) in Aug 2025
Interview
Submit your CV + answers to a few role-specific questions. For campus roles, you apply through the Early Careers portal. Short, mobile-friendly tests that look at workplace behaviours and problem-solving; some programmes add a technical test (e.g., coding) at this step.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a situation where you improved a process under tight timelines.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Barclays (New Delhi) in Oct 2024
Interview
All the technical questions were asked, and I was asked what is the probability of a dice and very, very random questions somethings were extremely deep in terms of technicality and other things were very vague
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you don’t get this job, then how will you take it?