Summer Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at HSBC with 3 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 75% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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Hirevue typical questions, such as "Describe an event that happened recently, why did you find it particularly interesting?". "Why Sales and Trading?" "Why are you a good candidate for us?"
1 minute preparation, answer for 2 minutes.
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"Describe an event that happened recently, why did you find it particularly interesting?". "Why Sales and Trading?" "Why are you a good candidate for us?"
The process starts with an online assessment, followed by two individual video interviews (on Hirevue), and finally an assessment centre (in London or online, if you are abroad). AC with 2 VPs and 2 Ds.
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Second HV presented a case study on a wealthy business owner and how to handle the PBWM aspect against giving investment advice to the company.
Good experience, virtual assessment centre, mainly competencies questions, with some minor technical ones. There were three different interviewers, no questions about previous experiences in the CV, all questions were competency-based, "give me a time when you..."