BarCap NY Final Round Interview Questions

Hey Everyone,

First post here.

I have a final round interview with Barclays IBD in NY on Wednesday. Does anyone know what I should expect?

I have a friend who interviewed with Barclays IBD in London and got the job. He barely had any technical questions.

But being from Canada, I'm used to getting a LOT of technical questions. So I'm wondering if anyone who has gone through the Barclays/Lehman NY process knows what I should expect.

thanks,
newbie

 

Barclays is mostly fit questions. It isn't very technical at all. I got an offer there a while ago, perhaps they are expanding their analyst class. But, its very behavioral based, at least for me. They asked a lot of 'biggest failure', 'why should we hire you' type questions. I think if you go in there with a very open mind, able to think through scenarios and such, you'll be fine. Good luck.

 

Um, I had an interview with them and they asked ALOT of technical questions. Also, they usually take 2 or 3 people from my school and this year took none, only a sophomore intern but no juniors. I think they are being super selective and technical because they have just absorbed all of LB, I doubt they need many more people.

I got asked alot of definition questions, like difference between bond and loans (which the answer to was the market they are sold on), lots of questions about stocks, things like that. And this all coming from a liberal arts school with no finance major and only 1 or 2 finance classes available. They really aren't supposed to even ask things like that here and they usually don't so it was really strange.

Another thing that is weird is we only had one round. Not sure why there is a second round going on.

 

Amaresque what school do you go to? I go to an undergrad business school, and the most technical question I got asked was tell me about the recent stimulus package and TARP program. Newbie, I guess its safe to assume that you should expect both. But, I also think it depends on who is interviewing you. Good luck.

 

I go to Wellesley College so believe me, it was very out of place. We are very heavy on economics but not finance oriented at all. I also got asked about the stimulus package and news things, but I honestly got the feeling they are one of the firms now who are looking for just number crunchers who are serious about the business, and are not looking for the usual touchy feely "I've never done it before and want to try it" answer. My best advice, after going through a total of 7 different company interviews and 4 superdays, is KNOW YOUR INDUSTRY and start getting old school about it. They're really looking for someone who can, yes still relate their outside-of-finance experience skills and be creative, but relate them very specifically to the job to show that they understand what they are getting themselves into. Banks are not looking for people who will stay for a year anymore, they want people they feel will stay around at least for a few years to save them training money.

 

Thanks for the responses everyone.

I go to an undergrad business school in Canada. The position I'm interviewing for is Investment Banking SA in New York. I, too, was quite surprised by the lateness. First, had a first round phone interview with Toronto that was extremely technical. Then I had a second round phone interview with New York that was basically all fit. Now I have a final round interview in New York, and was wondering what to expect.

 
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Stupid question: Does BarCap IBD operate out of the former Lehman HQ in Times Square? And does anyone know how BarCap places FT analyst hires, i.e. are they put in a generalist pool, assigned to a product group (M&A, ECM/DCM, etc.), or assigned to an industry group?

Also, this is a question almost anyone can answer and I just want to clarify (no need for a new thread): When someone says a bank is "levered 40 times," does that simply mean debt over equity is 40? I'm not sure why I don't know this but I am drawing a blank here.

 

Does anybody know how the second round interview format of Barclays/Lehman equity research? I am a technology analyst who passed first round last week where there were a lot of technical questions. Just want to get a flavour of what might be in the second round.The manager dropped a hint saying it might be heavy,dunno what that means.

 
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Hey Everyone,

First post here.

I have a final round interview with Barclays IBD in NY on Wednesday. Does anyone know what I should expect?

I have a friend who interviewed with Barclays IBD in London and got the job. He barely had any technical questions.

But being from Canada, I'm used to getting a LOT of technical questions. So I'm wondering if anyone who has gone through the Barclays/Lehman NY process knows what I should expect.

thanks, newbie

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Does anybody know how the second round interview format of Barclays/Lehman equity research technology? I am a technology analyst who passed first round last week where there were a lot of technical questions. Just want to get a flavour of what might be in the second round.The manager dropped a hint saying it might be heavy,dunno what that means.

 

hey had my final rounds yesterday with barcap. kind of non-traditional: 2 thirty min back to back interviews and that was it...

really technical and straight to the point...

when i went i was one of 9 there, im from a semi target, but the other 8 were from all non-targets and mostly from colby. they had two groups come in earlier as well and one more after me... so quite a few people.

any idea when we'll hear back or has anyone heard anything?

 

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