Sales & Trading Summer Analyst 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 82% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales & Trading Summer Analyst roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 11 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 Sales & Trading Summer Analyst according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 22%
IQ intelligence test: 17%
Presentation: 17%
One on one interview: 11%
Personality test: 11%
Skills test: 11%
Group panel interview: 6%
Drug test: 6%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at HSBC (New York, NY) in Feb 2019
Interview
Applied through campus recruiting...had a Hirevue screening and HR phone screen. Flew me in for Superday at NYC about two weeks later. started off with a group interview then had 4 one-on-one interviews about 30 minutes each - two SVPs and two MDs. Heard back later that week.
All process done in 1 month
1 round apt test
1 round job simulation
Minimum benchmark email follow-up
HR follows up after the job simulation
Rejected because I am not a pen year student
It was only 4 online interview questions, which were not tough to handle. But you don't have much time for preparation. One question took like 20 second to reflect on a case study you just read.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us about your related technical and soft skills and how you will implement them in HSBC.
Brainteasers, personality questions, situational judgement, market awareness, technicals. 4 different interviewrs, all were nice, some more technical than others. online assessment centre - around 3 hours long. got back via email.