I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at HSBC in Nov 2018
Interview
The first stage consists of numerical tests and situational tests. In the second you are asked to do an online interview. After that, (if you are succesful) you are invited to their offices for the final one to one interview.
1st round: self intro with HR .
2nd round : some basic understanding of department campaign and some about the cv ( not very hard and takes about 30 min)
3x 30 minute interviews with competency, finance technical and case study followed by qna. Assessment centre had 4 of us total though interviews were 1 to 1. Tiring but a good experience
Virtual interview. 3x 30 minute interiews for VAC. Variety of interviewers at each stage. Commercial awareness is present in the interview, so make so sure you understand and know current events.