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Senior Software Developer Interview Experience - London, United Kingdom

June 1, 2010
Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

4 stages

Online technical test

Phone interview with technical member of the team

Face to face interview with direct manager and his manager.

Face to face interview (via video conference) with department head

Technical quiz is done with 30 multiple choice questions, 3 minutes per question, no ability to go back after each one. Several questions consist of sample code. No way to cut and paste code into google - deter cheating. Very effective as you do need to know your stuff.

Phone interview a mix of prepared questions and some discussion over previous projects.

Face to face was yet more technical questions and personal career path stuff

Final interview is basically a does your face fit, where do you see yourself going type of thing

Questions

What have you been doing for the last 2 years?

This arose as I had a career gap to accompany my wife to India for her job posting.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Barclays Senior Software Developer role in London, United Kingdom.

Success Rate

100%
Pass Rate

Barclays's interview process for their Senior Software Developer roles in London, United Kingdom is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral50%
Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Barclays's Senior Software Developer interview process in London, United Kingdom.