I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at HSBC (Vancouver, BC) in Apr 2013
Interview
Applicants are first contacted by phone for a quick 30 minutes telephone interview. Those selected to the second round were invited for a group panel interview lasting 2 hours.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Presenting a predetermined product to the panel interviews in a group via Dragons Den style
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at HSBC in Apr 2026
Interview
The recruitment process involves completing an initial video interview, followed by an HR phone screening. Successful candidates will then progress to a final business interview with the relevant department heads.
1st round: 1v1 initial questions, around 3-5 questions
Self-introdcution, what you study at school, why you choose work at Mainland China, compare Shenzhen and Hong Kong
2nd round: 1v1 with Manager, behavior and a little technical questions
Application -> Online Assessment -> Video Interview -> Interview. The online assessment include behavioural questions and numerical with different sections so you don't have to complete all the questions if you don't want to.
Summer Internship 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 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Summer Internship roles take an average of 16 days to get hired, when considering 7 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 Internship according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 20%
IQ intelligence test: 20%
Phone interview: 20%
Personality test: 20%
Skills test: 20%
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