Intern applicants have rated the interview process at HSBC with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 63% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Intern roles take an average of 34 days to get hired, when considering 95 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at HSBC overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at HSBC as a Intern according to 95 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 26%
One on one interview: 16%
Background check: 13%
Skills test: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Personality test: 8%
Group panel interview: 7%
Presentation: 5%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at HSBC (London, England) in Feb 2012
Interview
Received an invitation for a telephone interview shortly after applying on-line. The interview begun with a background check. Besides the usual strength/weakness questions, they also asked me specifically about HSBC, like its values, future challenges, etc. One thing that bothered me was that there was no interaction with the interviewer. She asked the questions, pressed the recorder, then you would hear a beeping sound, start talking for a minute, and that was it. In the end, she didn't even ask me if i had any questions for her.. Nevertheless, the questions were insightful and went a little further than the traditional HR bs ones.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
How do you see the financial world evolving the next 50 years?
Describe yourself in 2 min. You should introudce yourself in short and talk more about your own experience. You should never out of focus and loss focus in the meeitng
the interview process was very quick and simple they did not go into detail regarding what the role is about they just asked why i wanted to join hsbc and one other question, it ended in 10minutes
The interview and the interviewers were really friendly and warm, especially for a student with not much experience. The process may be daunting but the interview was good. the questions were mainly about fit questions so just be aware of yourself.