Banking applicants have rated the interview process at HSBC with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Banking roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 2 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 Banking according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
IQ intelligence test: 29%
Phone interview: 29%
Background check: 14%
Personality test: 14%
One on one interview: 14%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at HSBC (London, England) in Jan 2024
Interview
Smooth process, easy to operate and complete. Would recommend doing some practice for video interviews as you tend to blank out sometimes under a timer. Other than that, with good practice it should go great!
Half day assessment consisting of three rounds, technical behavioural and online video questions. Online section is an enhanced version of hirvue and generally focuses on your character and reaction under certain scenarios. Interview questions start with pretty standard ones and can go deep into more detailed asking. Generally quite hard for technicals and long process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why HSBC, why industry and recent deal discussions
I applied online. I interviewed at HSBC in Mar 2017
Interview
Online application form requires you to answer 4 competencies based questions (Maximum of 250 words per question)
Telephone interview conducted through Skype (30 minutes - Q&A, Very Formal).
Wait time after Telephone interview was approximately 1.5 months