The first round was online reasoning and numerical tests, which were quite standard for most companies. The next was then a phone interview with HR. Questions were mainly competency-based. The final round was with the hiring manager of the department that I applied to.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at HSBC
Interview
3 1-on-1 interview, with band 3, case study. They don't look at your CV, a set of standard private banking questions, both technical and behavioural, prepared by HR, pretty chill, you will also have a QA section, so be prepared
one HR round, superday with 3 MDs over zoom if you are not in the city, the questions are very standard and pretty much the same for all the candidate, it followed different themes
Summer Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at HSBC with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 70% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Summer Analyst roles take an average of 36 days to get hired, when considering 56 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 Summer Analyst according to 56 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 26%
One on one interview: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 12%
Group panel interview: 10%
Personality test: 10%
Skills test: 8%
Presentation: 7%
Drug test: 5%
Background check: 4%
Other: 3%
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