I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at HSBC (Londres, Angleterre) in Apr 2015
Interview
Frankly, you don't need any preparation for this. Just be yourself - they use GALLUP to figure out your personality and what drives you.
At the final round interview at the assessment centre, they pretty much knew who the person I was and tailored the interview accordingly
This one you could probably get away with one example, if they ask for an individual instead of group probably best just to 'modify' your answer (it's not lying your just not mentioning the others in the room!!! unless you're already lying ;) )
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you know about HSBC?
This was a really open ended question and just required you to spout off anything and everything you know about hsbc, He even wanted you to state that they were based in HK which I thought was a given.
ORGANISATIONAL
I really sorry guys, but I can't remember much about this section other than
How do you keep up with financial news?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at HSBC
Interview
Gespräch wurde Wochen vorher durch die Personalabteilung per Telefon geplant. Im eigentlichen Gespräch folgten kurz Fragen zu einzelnen Punkten im CV (10 min). Danach ging es ziemlich schnell zu Fachfragen. Dabei folgte auf jede richtige Antwort eine noch schwerere Folgefrage. Zudem wurden häufig Diskussionen provoziert, sodass wohl auch soft skills (Durchsetzungsvermögen, Kompomissbereitschaft) getestet werden sollten.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Wie kann sich die Aufnahme des chinesischen RMB in den Korb der SDR mittelfristig auf den Devisenmarkt auswirken?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at HSBC in Jun 2011
Interview
I applied on-line, and then they sent me an email. I had a brief phone interview, and then went to their office. There were several other candidates, and everyone was interviewed the same day. All the candidates were briefly shown the trading floor after the interview. I heard back from them a week after, to come in with the necessary documents.