I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at HSBC (London, England) in Oct 2020
Interview
Warm Up (non-assessed practice video response question)
Video/Written Response Scenario Questions (you will be faced with a hypothetical HSBC word day scenario and must submit your answers via video or written response )
Multiple Choice Questions (you are required to answer 5 numerical reasoning multiple choice questions using a number of sources provided)
Ranking Questions (you are required to rank your preference of responses in a hypothetical work day scenario from 1 (most likely to do) to 5 (least likely to do))
Time Commitment: 40-50 minutes
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what information do you need to analyse large data sets
1st round: self intro with HR .
2nd round : some basic understanding of department campaign and some about the cv ( not very hard and takes about 30 min)
I applied online. I interviewed at HSBC (Milan) in Jun 2026
Interview
Il primo round è stato un colloquio con un HR, un senior analyst e il capo di un team. L'area di interesse era FIG coverage. Primo round motivazionale e conoscitivo, con round successivi più tecnici.
3x 30 minute interviews with competency, finance technical and case study followed by qna. Assessment centre had 4 of us total though interviews were 1 to 1. Tiring but a good experience