I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Barclays (Mumbai) in Dec 2021
Interview
Online Interview with one interviewer. Only one round of interviews was there. The interview had both technical and HR questions asked by the Technical manager himself. A test for shortlisting consisted of Aptitude questions and some coding questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Walk me through your resume
2. Why do you want to work in the finance domain?
3. Difference between bagging and boosting
4. Python Question: Difference between mutable and immutable objects
5. How to solve the problem of overfitting?
6. HR questions
a. Are you comfortable with the location?
b. Case 1: Tell me a situation where you had to make bonding with your colleagues
I was asked for a recruiter screening process which was short and consisted of basic behavioral questions, work style, visa salary, and location alignment. I never heard anything back. The recruiter was friendly and informed.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you prioritize multiple urgent tasks?
What is your leadership style?
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Barclays
Interview
4 rounds - 3 technical and 1 managerial. Not very hard , just focusing on resume and projects done. In first round there were 2 easy python coding Qs, along with some technical discussion. Rest 2 technical rounds were discussion only around ML, Gen AI and projects done.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
About projects in resume and about ML algorithms in detail as well as Gen AI principles like - RAG, MCP, Agentic AI etc.
I applied online. I interviewed at Barclays (Pune) in Feb 2026
Interview
Two Interviewer. Hiring for FCO team.
Asked 2 python and 3 sql based question in first round.
Answered well. But No response.
At last one interviewer dropped and another continued with salay, hobbies, background and behavioural questions.