Barclays Leveraged Finance Interview Questions
Go Back1. How long will it take you to make a meaningful contribution to our team at Barclays?
2. Do you have any questions for me?
3. At Barclays Leveraged Finance, our team members often have to often work under a tight deadline. Talk about a time you had to work under a tight deadline in the past. How did you handle that situation and what made it a success?
4. This position at Barclays Leveraged Finance has generated a lot of interest from applicants. What do you feel is the one quality that sets you apart from others we are speaking with about this position?
5. Talk to me about a challenging situation you had to handle on the job that involved another colleague. How did you handle that situation?
6. How do you manage the day-to-day stress of a demanding career?
7. How can Barclays Leveraged Finance motivate you in your career?
8. List the top 3 skills that you have acquired in your last role.
9. If hired for this role at Barclays Leveraged Finance, I want to be sure that I'm hiring a motivated individual. What motivates you in your daily work and your career?
10. What is the most attractive thing in your eyes about this role with Barclays Leveraged Finance?
11. We are looking for the most motivated individuals to join the team here at Barclays Leveraged Finance. Where would you like your career to take you in the next five to ten years?
12. In this role with Barclays Leveraged Finance, we will rely on your organized and methodical approach to provide financial analysis reporting. What does your current reporting process consist of?
13. Give an example of a time that you had to resolve a difficult situation with a client or customer. What were the keys to coming to a successful solution?
14. At Barclays Leveraged Finance, our clients are the lifeblood of our business and we do everything in our power to make them happy. What does the term customer service mean to you in your work?
15. Barclays Leveraged Finance strives for client loyalty to keep us running strong into the future. What do you feel are the keys to retaining clients for the long haul?
16. Why do you want to work in Leveraged Finance rather than a different area of Investment Banking?
17. How many boxes of macaroni and cheese were eaten in the United States last year?
18. When have you shown a willingness to learn a new method or new approach to solving a problem?
19. Give me an example of a time that you had to solve a problem without having all of the necessary information at hand to do so. How did you handle that situation?
20. Take a couple of minutes to sell this notepad to me.
21. What do you feel is the best metric to gauge a company's future stock performance?
22. At Barclays Leveraged Finance, we are building a massive machine learning program. What experience do you have with automation?
23. In working with financial data here at Barclays Leveraged Finance, what are the steps you would take in the data validation process as part of your work?
24. What statistical models are you familiar with and which do you feel would best apply to the financial field here at Barclays Leveraged Finance?
25. What factors do you consider part of an organization's long-term liability?
26. Explain the difference between equity and debt financing to me. What are the benefits and drawbacks of each?
27. What statistical analysis tools do you have experience working with?
28. Explain the difference between leveraged loans and high-yield bonds.
29. If you noticed that a company's balance sheet was showing increased amounts of accounts receivables, what future impacts to that company would you consider to be feasible?
30. How would you define what working capital is for a company and what does its measurement mean?