I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at HSBC in Apr 2011
Interview
I applied through a friend then i got contact by a HR after a week. There were two round of interviews. First was with an HR manager and second was with a director. The interview with the director was pretty technical. They asked a lot related to interest rate swap, FX swap, Spot Rate, Forward Rate. Since it was a global market intern, this type of interview makes sense.
Describe yourself in 2 min. You should introudce yourself in short and talk more about your own experience. You should never out of focus and loss focus in the meeitng
the interview process was very quick and simple they did not go into detail regarding what the role is about they just asked why i wanted to join hsbc and one other question, it ended in 10minutes
The interview and the interviewers were really friendly and warm, especially for a student with not much experience. The process may be daunting but the interview was good. the questions were mainly about fit questions so just be aware of yourself.