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Software Developer Interview Experience - London, England

July 1, 2009
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

1st stage phone interview:

General C++ questions from all possible areas: constness, inheritance, smart pointers, templates, STL, multithreading etc.

Example: What is 'mutable'? Give an example where you used it.

2nd stage inhouse interview:

Four tasks - I had to write code on paper. The last one was to write tree-related algorithm.

Overall it wasn't difficult, but I failed because I did a few stupid mistakes in a basic questions. So my recommendation would be: review basic concepts and not only advanced.

Questions

Unexpected: Give an example where you used 'mutable'.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 7 interview experiences for the Barclays Software Developer role in London, England.

Success Rate

0%
Pass Rate

Barclays's interview process for their Software Developer roles in London, England is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive29%
Neutral29%
Negative43%

Candidates reported having negative feelings for Barclays's Software Developer interview process in London, England.