Spring Insight Week 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 69.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Spring Insight Week roles take an average of 120 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at HSBC overall takes an average of 19 days.
Common stages of the interview process at HSBC as a Spring Insight Week according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
IQ intelligence test: 33%
Presentation: 33%
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I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at HSBC (London, England) in Oct 2020
Interview
Online assessment involving SJ questions and some numerical competency questions. Untimed, not particularly difficult and get a feedback report afterwards.
Job simulation test. More difficult as it involves recorded answers to questions under a time limit, similar format but with written questions as well where you have to reply to emails to rearrange plans, testing your time management ability.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A client asks you for a detailed report on a particular company’s performance to aid in their investment decision. How would you approach this client’s request?
I applied online. I interviewed at HSBC (London, England) in Oct 2024
Interview
Online tests first should take 45 minutes to do, and then video interviews should also take around 45 minutes. It is quite easy to pass online tests; just some job simulation questions and personality tests.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
During this assessment journey, you'll travel through various areas of the business, linding out about what is's like to work in HSBC, Imagine yourself in the scenarios presented and respond as you really would in that jituation.
What do you do?
Please RANK IN ORDER the options below, with 1 being what you are most likely to do, and 5 being what you are least likely to do
Asked mostly behavioural questions and those about teamwork and past work experiences. The interview was in the form of recorded video answers rather than face to face, gave 30 seconds to think of answer.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at HSBC (London, England) in Dec 2023
Interview
3 different tests and one interview meant that the application process took longer than planned. It was worthwhile in the end though, even though it was a bit tiresome. The questions in the interview were fairly standard and the tests seemed to test stamina more than intuition given how long and many they were