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%
Phone interview: 13%
Personality test: 13%
Skills test: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 12%
Presentation: 11%
Background check: 10%
Group panel interview: 6%
Drug test: 5%
Other: 2%
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You should submit an online application, then you will get a link to do an online immersive assessment. Once you finished, a job simulation assessment will be required to complete.
Each step will take approximately 40 minutes to complete. The overall process is good.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
talk about yourself and given a situation to answer
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