Barclays·Investment Banking Analyst

Barclays Investment Banking Analyst interview experience

Got offer

Medium

Positive

New York, NYPosted Jan 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After a recruiter call to talk through fit and interest, I moved into a technical screen about a week later.

The process then finished with a superday that mixed fit and technical questions, and I ended up speaking with senior leaders—VPs and MDs—rather than analysts or associates.

Overall it felt pretty straightforward and “cleanly structured”: fit first, then technical, then the final round with a blend of both. The conversations were more about how I thought through financial topics and how I communicated as the stakes went up, and the difficulty level stayed in the average range. I didn’t get an offer, and honestly the biggest takeaway was how much the later rounds leaned on communicating

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