Sales And 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 And 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 And Trading Summer Analyst according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 22%
IQ intelligence test: 17%
Presentation: 17%
Personality test: 11%
One on one interview: 11%
Skills test: 11%
Group panel interview: 6%
Drug test: 6%
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I applied through other source. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at HSBC (London, England) in May 2025
Interview
The recruiting process starts with your typical CV submission followed by what they call a Job Simulation. This is a hybrid of an online psychometric assessment and a HireVue. Job Sim is almost entirely composed of situational judgment questions, mostly rank and slider. 3-5 questions will be live-recorded answers, 2-3 min response times, still situational judgment but will require you to highlight your personal strengths, which should be in line with HSBC values (research required). Final question will be a commercial awareness question typically requiring you to pitch an asset class or industry as an investment for a client based on provided information and your own macro knowledge. If you pass minimum benchmark on the Job Sim, you will be invited to a Virtual Experience Day, which is just an online AC, consisting of 3-rounds of 40 minute interviews with bankers. Typical S&T interview prep here (commercial/macro awareness, technical knowledge on different products an asset classes, brain teasers).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me what a safe haven asset is, and give me a list of examples.
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.