HSBC Trader interview questions

I met with five separate individuals, the interview lasted about two and a half hours. No technical questions beyond "what is credit?"; most of the questions were in the "tell me about yourself" vain. They wanted to know about my experience with excel and warned me that I would be doing a lot of clerical work to start. Everyone was pleasant -- much much more friendly than the equivalent desks at Bank of America and Citi were they are downright antagonistic.