Internship applicants have rated the interview process at HSBC with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 76% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Internship roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 46 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 Internship according to 46 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 15%
Skills test: 13%
Phone interview: 13%
Personality test: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 12%
Presentation: 11%
Background check: 10%
Group panel interview: 6%
Drug test: 5%
Other: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at HSBC (New York, NY)
Interview
Started with an original application on their website, followed by 2 online assessments, then there is the Phone interview with a recruiter and Finally there is the Super Day interview with 5 different hiring managers at one of their corporate locations.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are some sources of risks, that may occur at HSBC?
1st round: self intro with HR .
2nd round : some basic understanding of department campaign and some about the cv ( not very hard and takes about 30 min)
I applied online. I interviewed at HSBC (Milan) in Jun 2026
Interview
Il primo round è stato un colloquio con un HR, un senior analyst e il capo di un team. L'area di interesse era FIG coverage. Primo round motivazionale e conoscitivo, con round successivi più tecnici.
3x 30 minute interviews with competency, finance technical and case study followed by qna. Assessment centre had 4 of us total though interviews were 1 to 1. Tiring but a good experience