This is about Prague (Czech Republic) development office of BarCap. Once you get passed the 3rd party recruiter company, where the initial process might be very different, BarCap inverview and hiring process is quite established - everything is happening fast enough, always as agreed with the applicant and on purpose.
BarCap is usually requiring proven experience in certain technologies, like SQL/T-SQL, multithreading, etc., and they are seriously asking about it on interviews and are canceling applicants with not enough knowledge, experience in these technologies.
The following metrics were computed from 87 interview experiences for the Barclays Software Developer role.
Barclays's interview process for their Software Developer roles is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Barclays's Software Developer interview process.