Summer Apprenticeeship applicants have rated the interview process at HSBC with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 83% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Summer Apprenticeeship roles take an average of 39 days to get hired, when considering 6 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 Apprenticeeship according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
Skills test: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
Background check: 10%
Drug test: 10%
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The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at HSBC (Hong Kong) in Feb 2016
Interview
It was a phone interview with outsourced interviewers. The questions were basic ones telling about my experience and career aspirations. The interviewers jotted down my answers and reverted back to HSBC.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why HSBC
What is my career goal
How can the program help achieve my career goals
Describe a time to work as a team
I applied online. I interviewed at HSBC (Hong Kong) in Mar 2017
Interview
The first phone interview was a terrible experience as I was interviewed by someone with a very thick accent. She kept telling me to stop and repeat what I was saying so that she can type everything down. Second phone interview was much better and I was able to say everything that i wanted
First goes through values, then apt test, then goes through phone interview, then goes to face to face interview. The phone interview is just the hr copying every word he or she heard, however the hr I faced wasn't that nice cuz she kept on interrupting my answer to tell me to talk slower
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Only got to phone interview, basically asked me in detail about my cv