British multinational universal bank offering retail, corporate, and investment banking across 40+ countries, with major India service and technology centres in Chennai and Noida.
home.barclaysFounded
1690, City of London
Headquarters
One Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London, England
Industry
Financial services (diversified banking)
Employees
~100,000 (2026)Revenue (FY2025)
£29.14 billion
Market Cap
~$94 billion (July 2026)
Listed on
LSE: BARC; NYSE: BCS (FTSE 100 component)
Group CEO
C. S. Venkatakrishnan
Group Chairman
Nigel Higgins
Website
home.barclaysBarclays PLC is a British multinational universal bank founded in 1690 in the City of London. It is headquartered at One Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London, and provides retail banking, wholesale banking, investment banking, wealth management, and credit products across the UK, Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. The group operates in over 40 countries.
The company is publicly listed, trading as BARC on the London Stock Exchange and BCS on the New York Stock Exchange, and is a component of the FTSE 100 index. For fiscal year 2025 Barclays reported total income of about £29.14 billion and net income of about £7.21 billion, with a market capitalisation of roughly $94 billion as of July 2026. It employs around 100,000 people.
Barclays is led by Group Chief Executive C. S. Venkatakrishnan (since November 2021), Group Chairman Nigel Higgins (since May 2019), and Group Finance Director Anna Cross. The bank has a substantial India presence through its Global Service Centre and technology operations, with offices in Chennai and Noida that support technology, operations, and shared services functions.
Group Chief Executive (CEO)
Group Chairman
Group Finance Director (CFO)
Co-Chief Operating Officer
Interview experience
Favorable
Interview difficulty
Medium
Interview process length
About a week to a month
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Q: Write a SQL query that requires the DENSE_RANK() window function.
A: DENSE_RANK() assigns a rank to each row within a partition with no gaps between tied values, so a query like SELECT name, salary, DENSE_RANK() OVER (ORDER BY salary DESC) AS rnk FROM employees ranks salaries without skipping numbers on ties.
Q: Explain the difference between RANK() and DENSE_RANK().
A: Both assign the same rank to tied rows, but RANK() leaves gaps after a tie (1, 2, 2, 4) while DENSE_RANK() keeps ranks consecutive with no gaps (1, 2, 2, 3).
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July 21, 2026
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View postMay 7, 2026
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View postMay 1, 2026
Barclays completes acquisition of Best Egg
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View postBarclays is a British multinational universal bank. It provides retail banking, wholesale and investment banking, wealth management, and credit products across more than 40 countries.
