J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 2 mois. J'ai passé un entretien chez Barclays (Londres, Angleterre) en févr. 2011
Entretien
Numerical and logical on-line test.
First round: tel interview with HR, questions e.g., why investment banking, why quant, describe your PhD project.
Second round: one-day assessment center. First, solve a paper test, containing math, probability, programming questions, need speed. Second, do a trading game within a team of 5 people. Third, 4-round 1v1 interviews (2 maths, 1 programming, 1 general).
Decision will be made the next day of the assessment center.
J'ai postulé via un recruteur. J'ai passé un entretien chez Barclays (New York, NY)
Entretien
I interviewed with global head of rates strat. The interview went on-site.
The hiring manager was nice but apparently he did not have a clear idea on what candidate/profiles he was after.
The interview contained multiple questions about my resume but nothing in depth
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Tell me about one of the recent projects you worked on
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Barclays (Londres, Angleterre)
Entretien
Hard, they grill you. They ask random 3 digit multiplication in the middle of you talking. Asked stuff i learnt in calc 1 and 2. But i managed to ace everything. Got the offer but rejected rthem
4 interviews, 1 coding, 2 maths, 1 general. Maths included typical quant stuff, calculus, linear algebra, stats, probability, then some financial maths concepts I hadn't covered before, like derivations etc.