Internship applicants have rated the interview process at HSBC with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Internship roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at HSBC overall takes an average of 26 days.
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at HSBC (Londres, Angleterre) in Aug 2025
Interview
A fairly straight forward interview, the panel were warm and friendly and engaged, all the questions you would expect, they didn't have any curveballs or trick questions. I would say they definitely want a level of precision and intellectual acumen, they search for a high standard and continued to ask follow up questions when an answer was not satisfactory.
The first round was a reasoning and ability round
We then had a coding round with 3 questions which were from easy to medium difficulty
The interview process had 2 rounds technical and hr round
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at HSBC (Bengaluru) in Sep 2025
Interview
Intriguing and well informed questions, it was an eye-opening interview that focused on all the primary tech stack that was included in the resume. It was an interesting take on current global market too and majorly focused on all globalised issues that wreak havoc in the system.