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Software Engineer Interview Experience

October 1, 2010
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I met with them a college career fair and at first was excited. After a long online application, I found out I qualified for an interview. I went for the interview and was surprised. Never was I told that it was going to be at all technical. The first question was, are you willing to write some code. I said sure, as I started writing, before I was done they were questioning my methods.

The interview consisted of 2 technical questions (linked lists and strings), followed by personal questions. The question that most threw me was "why do you want to work for an investment banking company." I had struggled with that same question online, and didn't expect to get it again... Overall the interview didn't go well, and I don't expect to hear from them again.

Questions

Why do you want to work for an investment banking firm?

Are you willing to write some code now?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 110 interview experiences for the Barclays Software Engineer role.

Success Rate

22%
Pass Rate

Barclays's interview process for their Software Engineer roles is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive54%
Neutral29%
Negative17%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Barclays's Software Engineer interview process.