Apprentice applicants have rated the interview process at HSBC with 2.8 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 Apprentice roles take an average of 33 days to get hired, when considering 4 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 Apprentice according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
Presentation: 23%
Drug test: 23%
One on one interview: 15%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
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I applied online. I interviewed at HSBC (Birmingham, England) in Dec 2024
Interview
Horrible interviewer from the commercial baking team. She kept interjecting me as I tried speaking through my response to the question. So unprofessional would love to see what she'd do if the tables were reversed.
There were a total of 3 x interviewers with skill based and motivational questions
Online video interview, 15 minutes. Allowed to prep for 2 minutes in front of a camera. Cannot remake videos. Generic questions such as 'why HSBC?', 'what values of HSBC do you relate to and why?'
I applied online. I interviewed at HSBC (Sheffield, England) in Feb 2025
Interview
Pleasant! I loved the entire process. I had three different interviewers at allocated times, all had at least 1 technical question which were not that difficult (if you know how to code that is)... but overall a wonderful experience.