Intern applicants have rated the interview process at HSBC with 2 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 65.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Intern roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at HSBC overall takes an average of 40 days.
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I applied online. I interviewed at HSBC in Dec 2020
Interview
personality quiz
math test (wasn't too difficult, very fair)
job simulation (similar to hirevue)
super day (done virtually due to COVID19)
all in all, quite doable and I didn't find it to be unreasonably difficult
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
(Describes Scenario) - What would you do in this situation?
Pretty standard interview questions - tell me a time etc. Asked what things to look for when investing in companies. Overall the interview was not too hard and there were only one question that I struggled on.
First, you need to do an assessment with questions related to logic, math and graphical skills. Then there is an online video interview where the questions that are asked depends on which role you have applied for. For example, for commercial banking, there were questions related to stocks and overall commercial banking processes.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are some extracurricular activities that you have taken part in?