Software Development Engineer (SDE) applicants have rated the interview process at Barclays with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Barclays as a Software Development Engineer (SDE) according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
Personality test: 25%
Skills test: 25%
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The interview process involved many questions that felt irrelevant to the role and often strayed beyond the scope of my resume. Additionally, there was no sponsorship offered, which was a key limitation. Overall, the experience lacked focus on the candidate’s actual qualifications and alignment with the position.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Barclays (Pune) in Aug 2025
Interview
Generic 3 rounds process-
1st round was OA, 15 MCQ's and 2 Medium to Hard DSA Question (Graph and DP respectively).
2nd round was Technical plus HR, with majority of the questions being situational, and some related to tech stack and projects.
3rd round was mainly HR, focusing on our distant future intension.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Convert the given MySQL code into equivalent NoSQL code.