Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at HSBC with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 74% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 74 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 Software Developer according to 74 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 24%
Skills test: 21%
IQ intelligence test: 14%
Background check: 10%
Personality test: 10%
Phone interview: 7%
Group panel interview: 7%
Presentation: 4%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 1%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at HSBC in Feb 2023
Interview
At starting one has to clear the basic fundamental cs + coding round and then there is a value assessment round too for the selected candidates Then they can for the interview offline. There are 2 rounds : 1. Technical round lasted for 35-40 min 2. HR round lasted for 10 min
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Question 1
There are 2 rounds after clearing the apti+coding In TECHNICAL ROUND - the interviewer asked me to introduce myself and then describe my project briefly with pseudo code too and some cs fundamentals also do you have any questions for me? After 5 min they told me you are selected for hr. In HR ROUND - the interviewer asked where you see yourself in the next 5 years, willing to relocate or not, which technology you want to work on, and your family background.
Contract interview, only 1-2 actual hires, rest is all contractor. In office/onsite. Legacy system, low level, linux, old banking software, included a lot of networking questions, low level, linux questions and things of that nature.
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Question 1
linux stuff, networking, C programming, a little C++
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at HSBC
Interview
The selection process consisted of four rounds: Coding, Behavioral, Technical, and HR. The interview mainly focused on basics of SQL, computer networks, writing code in any one programming language, and SQL queries. Aptitude questions were also included. There was no discussion about projects, and the process did not proceed to the HR round.
Simple interviews with basic to advance java concepts with spring boot and backend development like hashing component scan repository and more about backend development with respect to java 8 entity and object annotations
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Question 1
What is component scan and how is it different from @component