Quantitative Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Barclays with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Quantitative Associate roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Barclays overall takes an average of 31 days.
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Barclays in Nov 2017
Interview
questions de maths et d'info, proba, statistique, calcul stochastique, monte carlo, mcmc, optimisation, calcul d'intégrale...
questions sur C++; questions de combinatoires, markov chain, algorithmique . candidature sur le site de barclays
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Barclays in Feb 2017
Interview
They have two round phone interviews. Both asked typical technical questions in the interview books. Mostly are probability and stochastic calculus. One onsite interview, with 45 mins exams and four interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I uniform distribution. The probability that their sum is less than 1.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Barclays in Nov 2016
Interview
I applied from the university site, followed by an untimed online test. After passing the online test, I then need to do an Hirevue interview within 5 days.
The Hirevue interview is timed, structures varies depend on which division you apply.
The Quantitative Associate interview consist of answering 6 questions in 30 min, a behavioural question: introduce yourself, an presentation of investment recommendation based on given data. Then a question asking how you found the experience of this interview.
Although they accept applications from varies background, it is best to have some financial knowledge in options and maturity dates.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is investment recommendation would you give to the client based on their situation and the data given.