Spring 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 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at HSBC as a Spring Week according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Personality test: 33%
Skills test: 33%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
Numerical test with no timer and a SJT again no timer, then a video interview with some numerical questions mixed in, and an email to write at the end.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a response to your manager, when asked to do extra work.
No cover letter required, sent test immediately after submitting application. First round was a numeracy test, and second round was a video interview, along with situational judgement test kind of questions. Should be followed by a face-to-face interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what you would do in certain situations
(typical competency based qns)
I applied online. I interviewed at HSBC in Feb 2019
Interview
You first have to do an online application, after which you are invited to do a combination of numerical and situational judgement tests. If you receive the benchmark scores you are then invited to a telephone interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Talk about an interesting story that happened in the market recently?
Why are values important to a company?
Tell us about your weaknesses and how you will work to overcome these weaknesses?
Why HSBC?