I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at HSBC (Salinas, CA) in Aug 2010
Interview
Traditional approach. Was referred by a friend and was phone screened by few folks. That was followed by all day onsite interview meeting 8 folks one on one
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There was a case study about an algorithm to find the fastest route in New york city
They were very nice. Sat me down and read 4 or 5 big questions from some paper. Then they gave me a case study with 2 questions to complete. Very friendly and they helped when they could.
A python written test focus on NumPy and Pandas. It asks about classification problem, especially logistics regression and so on. The interview asks some market news such as Trump policy
1 hour for competency questions (around 6), i.e. Tell us a time you had to communicate with stakeholders.
Case study looking at patterns in data, explaining their implications.
Interview took around 1.5 hours but was scheduled for 2 hours
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us about a time you had to communicate with stakeholders