They make it sounds super lucrative, it had an application you needed to fill out, one on the phone interview, on competency test online, one cocktail reception, and one final interview. The phone interview was pretty easy - standard HR questions. The cocktail reception was intimidating, I was still in school about the graduate and there were a lot of people in their MBAs and/or out in their career field for a few years. There we were told and emphasized how we were chosen from thousands of applicants, and how we should feel proud. you got a chance to speak to some commercial bankers, business bankers, one guy was from real estate and you also got people who were still in the graduate program. Have good questions that you can ask them that night! It's about good conversation, not really anything else. The final interview was standard, they asked me some situational questions, why HSBC and all that jazz!