Software Engineer 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 74% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 74 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 Software Engineer according to 74 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 24%
Skills test: 21%
IQ intelligence test: 14%
Background check: 10%
Personality test: 10%
Phone interview: 7%
Group panel interview: 7%
Presentation: 4%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 1%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at HSBC (Hyderābād) in Oct 2024
Interview
there are two interview rounds , first is technical gone through my resume and checking some problem solving skills and communication skills and the next round is hr round .
Contract interview, only 1-2 actual hires, rest is all contractor. In office/onsite. Legacy system, low level, linux, old banking software, included a lot of networking questions, low level, linux questions and things of that nature.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
linux stuff, networking, C programming, a little C++
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at HSBC
Interview
The selection process consisted of four rounds: Coding, Behavioral, Technical, and HR. The interview mainly focused on basics of SQL, computer networks, writing code in any one programming language, and SQL queries. Aptitude questions were also included. There was no discussion about projects, and the process did not proceed to the HR round.
Simple interviews with basic to advance java concepts with spring boot and backend development like hashing component scan repository and more about backend development with respect to java 8 entity and object annotations
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is component scan and how is it different from @component