I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at HSBC (Buffalo, NY)
Interview
I had 3 rounds of interviews, starting with a fairly straightforward HR screening interview. This consisted mostly of general background questions. The second round was a technical phone interview, which mostly looked at testing databases concepts etc. The third, in-person interview covered SAS/SQL-specific topics
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Problem-solvong skills "tested" using CAT-style puzzles
The process took 2 months. I interviewed at HSBC in May 2010
Interview
The phone screening was interviewed by two-a hiring manager and a co worker. They asked basic SAS questions like why Hsbc, what interested you the most about this position, tell me about yourself