I applied through university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Barclays (Raipur, Chhattisgarh) in Feb 2016
Interview
The process took place in our college campus. There were 4 Rounds:
1)Online Aptitude Test: general aptitude questions, verbal ability, technical questions basically consisting of output and debugging questions, 1 Coding question
2)Group activity: non elimination round- task given was "Build tallest tower with cards in 30 minutes"
This is basically to test team building and leadership qualities.
3)Technical Interview
the interview lasted for about an hour for each candidate and it was an elimination round.
Questions were mostly resume based . Some puzzles were also asked.
4)HR Interview
I didn't qualify for this round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical:
resume based questions like what did you learn in your Web development training , Android training(depends on individual resume)
> One question from train timing scheduling- "minimum number of platforms required to accomodate given trains based on arrival and departure time"
>Data Structure- quick sort, binary search complexity, linked list
>DBMS- joins,primary key , foreign key
>Write a program to arrange elements on the basis of frequency of appearing in a given list of numbers
>projects: platforms, languages, databases used
The interview felt less like an assessment of Java engineering ability and more like a pub quiz for obscure syntax trivia. Instead of exploring problem-solving, design decisions, debugging skills, or real-world development experience, the focus seemed to be on recalling exact language details that most professional developers would simply look up in seconds.
It's a curious hiring strategy: rejecting people who know how to build software because they can't instantly recite syntax that modern IDEs autocomplete for them anyway
Overall, the process felt outdated, disconnected from how software is actually written, and more reflective of academic memorisation than professional engineering competence.
Initial CGPA based screening.
Three rounds in total post that.
First eliminatory round consisted of DSA and sql round for screening.
Difficulty Leet Code Medium.Strings question.
Pen paper DSA in person. Leet Code Easy. A sorting variant.
HR or behavioural round.
Final verdict: Selected
I arrived at the Barclays Munich office on Leopoldstraße. A friendly recruiter named Katharina welcomed me. We discussed Java microservices, Kubernetes deployments, and team culture. The atmosphere felt professional yet relaxed. Overall, a positive experience.
