There will be an aptitude test after you apply online. Then you will be asked to finish a typical verbal reasoning and a numerical reasoning test. The verbal reasoning is a little bit difficult since its kinda hard to distinguish False or Not Stated.
After finishing the verbal reasoning test, the computer system will ask you to finish the numerical reasoning test few hours later. It is nothing special and pretty easy, just need to pay more attention to detail.
After passing these tests, you will be asked to schedule a phone interview, it will provide you timeslots of the next two days. The interviewer was a very native English speaker. 90% of questions were asked in English and only 1 questions was specifically asked in Cantonese. No need to introduce yourself and she directly went into some behavioral questions and questions about HSBC. Now I'm waiting for the result of the phone interview to see if I could get into the next step.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why HSBC
Why did you choose Commercial Banking
What do you think if you will become a relationship manager in commercial banking in your future career
What do you expect to achieve in 5-10 years
Assessment Center, 3 rounds of interviews, a group exercise. Mostly focused on motivational questions, and there was a competency based interview. No technical knowledge required. It was 3 hours long
I applied online. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at HSBC (London, England) in Mar 2020
Interview
The assessment centre lasted 3 hours and consisted of 4 parts: Group task - discussing a chosen topic and presenting to the assessor; Presentation - based on an article; Problem-solving exercise - similar to the online simulation that was completed before; Strenght-based interview - lasted app. 45 minutes and involved situational judgment, technical interview and personal interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do if asked to complete a task that's against your values? What do you enjoy doing in your free time?
I applied through university. I interviewed at HSBC
Interview
First round was on campus. Interviewers were nice and easy to talk to, asked me basic behavioral questions and went through my resume. Superday was in NYC, was asked slightly more technical questions, still nothing crazy. Was a very positive experience, up until the time came for decisions: they just never contacted me again, and ignored all my attempts to follow up.