About Barclays
About us
Every day our customers and clients find opportunities to succeed with us. A couple buying their first home. A business expansion. A hospital that needs financing. And as we stride towards the future of banking in this digital age, it’s never been more innovative at Barclays.
Our Barclays Story
Join Barclays and you’ll step into a business with so much to offer you. The work we do makes a real and lasting difference to the economic lives of our customers and communities; finance is essential to the way the world operates – and that means in your career with us you’ll be doing work with global impact. There’s no better place in which to build your future.
Work placement & volunteering
Barclays are currently offering Barclays Life Skills which is an online programme for young people aged 14-19 in the UK
Apprenticeships
Apprentices
Our Apprentices come from all walks of life. Returning parents. Ex-military. Carers. School leavers. And that’s just the start. So if you’re wondering about your next step, remember this: at Barclays, there could be an Apprenticeship that’s perfect for you.
Foundation & Higher apprenticeships available
Click the image above for the Barclays Apprenticeship webpage
Application
Applying for a job at Barclays does not involve submitting a CV and cover letter in the traditional sense. Whilst you may have to upload a CV to apply, the company will assess your suitability for the role through a series of assessments that require you to answer interview-style questions.
The assessment process culminates in a face-to-face interview.
There is a four-stage application process at Barclays:
Registration of Interest
Business Insight – Stage 1
Business Insight – Stage 2
Barclays Business Meeting
During this process, the company will assess candidates using a variety of different tests and assessments:
Numerical reasoning tests
Diagrammatic tests or logical reasoning tests
Situational judgement tests
Personality tests
Verbal reasoning tests
An e-tray exercise
A case study exercise
Video interviews and telephone interviews
Face-to-face interviews
Questions put to the candidate during their video assessments and interviews will be largely competency-based, but there are likely to be some situational questions as well.
Depending on the job role, there could also be technical and quantitative questions.
For more information on completing a job application, click on the images above.
Interview support
What Is Barclays Looking for at Interview?
When you book your interview, you will be advised on the (up to) five competencies you are going to be assessed on – different jobs require different competencies.
The Barclays website holds competency guides for each level ,so it's a good idea to read through and think about how you meet the criteria.
There are six key traits that Barclays looks for in its employees:
Teamwork
Resilience
Responsive Learning
Relationship Building
Numeracy Skills
Critical Analysis
You should also refer back to Barclays’ company values when preparing for the interview process. They are:
Respect
Integrity
Service
Excellence
Stewardship
