Barclays Capital Sales Interview Questions

Barclays Capital Interview Questions: Sales

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(also see other BarCap graduate schemes)

Following the online application and online aptitude tests, the BarCap interview process for graduate positions in Sales is as follows:

• Telephone interview
• Assessment day

Telephone interview

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Barcap telephone interviews are competency based. You will be asked about yourself, your reasons for deciding to apply to Barcap and you motivations for a career in investment banking. The interview will last 20 - 30 minutes and you will have five minutes to ask questions of your own.

Previous candidates have been asked general questions such as:

• Why do you want to work for Barclays Capital?
• Why do you want to work in Sales?
• If you were given £100,000, how would you invest it?
• Tell me about an issue affecting investment banking right now.

Previous candidates have also been asked competency based questions such as:

• Tell me about a time you faced a difficult situation. What was it, and what steps did you take to overcome it?
• Tell me about a time you faced a difficult customer in a work situation?.