I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at HSBC (Londres, Inglaterra) in Apr 2014
Interview
The process started with an online application forum (grades, personal and contact info etc) with standard competency and motivational questions. Online numerical test, verbal test and situational judgement test. Next was the telephone interview where standard competency and motivational questions were asked. The final stage was an assessment centre consisting of a 1-1 interview, group analysis exercises and individual report write-up using information from the group exercises to give a recommendation.
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.