Barclays Software Engineer interview experience

I was given an interview number for the evening, around 6 PM. That part alone already made the process feel long and logistically messy.

When I asked what was going on, they told me only two interview panels were available. The way it was explained made it feel like if they didn’t have enough interviewers to accommodate everyone, it was strange to keep pulling candidates in anyway. It didn’t feel very respectful of the time I’d already spent preparing and traveling.

The experience didn’t end with an offer for me, and honestly it left a sour feeling because the bottleneck wasn’t on my