HSBC interview questions
Updated Jun 5, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 11%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 8%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 7%RecruiterRecruiter
- 5%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 3%In PersonIn Person
- 2%OtherOther
Interview search
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HSBC interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at HSBC as 64.8% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.91 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Senior Procurement Manager and Finance Assistant rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Assistant Manager Associate and Associate Vice President roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at HSBC takes an average of 30 days when considering 2,485 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Assistant Manager Associate had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Vice President, Financial Crime and AML roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 360 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at HSBC according to 2,485 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 19%
Phone interview: 19%
Skills test: 12%
Background check: 12%
Personality test: 9%
Group panel interview: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Presentation: 7%
Drug test: 6%
Other: 2%
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