Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 2 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Barclays en feb 2017
Entrevista
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.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
I uniform distribution. The probability that their sum is less than 1.
Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 3 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Barclays en nov 2017
Entrevista
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
Me postulé a través de una facultad o universidad. El proceso tomó más de 1 semana. Acudí a una entrevista en Barclays en nov 2016
Entrevista
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.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
What is investment recommendation would you give to the client based on their situation and the data given.