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Barclays interview questions
Barclays-specific prep: the Lehman integration story, transatlantic platform, and interview process expectations.
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Sample questions from the deck
- When was Barclays founded, and what were its origins?
- What is the Barclays eagle, and why is it a useful detail to know?
- Walk me through the 2008 Lehman Brothers acquisition — what exactly did Barclays buy, and why does it define the firm's US investment bank?
- Why did Barclays NOT buy Lehman Brothers whole before it filed for bankruptcy — and why did it buy the US business days later?
- How did Barclays get through the 2008 crisis without a UK government bailout, and how should you talk about it?
- What were BZW and Barclays Capital, and why does that history explain the firm's debt DNA?
- Fun-fact question: what world-first in retail banking is Barclays widely credited with?
- If an interviewer asks about a challenge in Barclays's past — how do you handle the LIBOR episode?
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