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If they ask who, be prepared with a few specific people, especially if they're from the same group as the interviewer. Showing that you connect with the people is a very good way to show why you'd want to spend your countless working hours at that bank.

You should also have ideas about why Barclays is differentiated aside from the cultural and people elements that you will be mentioning. The WSO investment banking interview course is designed by countless professionals with real world experience, tailored to people aspiring to break into the industry. This guide will help you learn how to answer these questions and many, many more. Investment Banking Interview Course Here.

There's negative press about lots of banks all the time As above, this is by far the most important question in an interview and if you actually want to work at Barclays you should be able to actually, need to come up with a good answer for why. Have you networked with anyone there? Do they do a lot of certain types of deals you're interested in? Do you just love the logo or want to work for an English bank because you think it'll be more civilised?

Chatting to people who work there to see what they think is a great start - also a WSO search about different group and what they're like could help. Being a fit for a firm's culture is a big deal and this trumps all DCF questions you will get. Talking about how well you've gotten along with the people you've spoken with is an important aspect of this answer. Something along the lines of, "I've had the opportunity to connect with x bankers at Barclays and I've honestly really enjoyed my interactions with them.

I'm fully aware of the time commitment involved with this industry and so working in an environment where I genuinely enjoy the people is very important to me. As has been mentioned, the work itself is very similar across banks on the street with some exceptions. Showing that you connect with the people is a very good way to show communicate why you'd want to spend your countless working hours at that bank.

Hi people, this is OP writing after getting an offer from Barclays. I took people's advice to heart and just spoke candidly about why Barclays. Here is what I wrote to someone who asked me that same question recently I hope it helps :. I'd really talk about what you felt about the company.

My answer was that I have interacted with countless investment bankers in the past year and that Barclays people were the most helpful. If you had some similar interaction, talk about those and top it off with Barclays' global footprint and strong advisory business. This will make a lot of sense especially for the senior Lehman people they had a great advisory business and now the balance sheet and the global support helps them.

On that note, those senior people truly think Lehman had a great culture and do believe that they retained a lot of it through people. So really, people is not too shabby of an answer.

Plus, a lot of Lehman people and culture are intact in the Americas, so they retained a lot of the good things and just added the balance sheet to it. Enim voluptatum eos excepturi. Et officia cum ea et illo et tempore. Sed quibusdam voluptate praesentium aut. Qui et a laudantium voluptatem expedita atque. Repellendus voluptatem officiis et beatae possimus aut ullam.

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