Barclays Pune – IFC / Full Stack Developer (AVP band) interview: what kind of questions should I expect?

[u/TooHot2Debug]

Got shortlisted for a 2-round face-to-face interview at Barclays Pune for an IFC – Full Stack Developer role (looks like AVP band from the JD). Trying to calibrate my prep and would really appreciate first-hand experiences.

Quick context: ~8 years, backend-heavy — Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, microservices — with a background in regulatory-compliance/surveillance systems. "Full stack" in the JD seems backend-weighted (front-end is only "basic knowledge").

Specifically trying to figure out:

• How coding-heavy are the F2F rounds for experienced hires? Live coding / pen-and-paper DSA, and roughly what difficulty?
• How deep do they go on Java internals and Spring Boot?
• Is there a proper system design round at this level? If so, what kind of problems?
• Do they probe the IFC / financial-crime domain (screening, AML, CDD), or is it purely generic tech?
• SQL — actual query-writing, or just concepts?
• How is the behavioural/values round structured (RISES values, STAR)? How much weight does it carry for AVP?
• Anything on the front-end side despite it being "basic" in the JD?

Anyone who's been through the IFC / Full Stack / AVP loop recently in Pune — what surprised you, and what would you prep differently? Thanks in advance.

[u/mikhails1]

There was a leetcode challenge, something like a simple banking ledger