Barclays·Investment Banking Analyst

Barclays Investment Banking Analyst interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

Toronto, ONPosted May 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview was brutally difficult, especially from a technical standpoint.

The questions went deep into classic finance modelling topics, and they expected me to be able to work through things on paper—LBO and DCF came up, along with detailed merger-model style questions.

It was honestly the hardest technical interview I’d run into during my time as a student. Even though the questions were clearly tied to core skills, the intensity and breadth made it feel like they were testing not just knowledge, but speed and accuracy under pressure.

I didn’t get the offer. The reflection I left with was that the technical bar was extremely high and very specific, and I

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