I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at HSBC in Jun 2015
Interview
M&A Internship in the Paris office. Fairly easy, with 2 rounds, first with an analyst and associate (mostly technical questions), second with a VP then MD (mainly fit and motivation)
1st round: self intro with HR .
2nd round : some basic understanding of department campaign and some about the cv ( not very hard and takes about 30 min)
I applied online. I interviewed at HSBC (Milan) in Jun 2026
Interview
Il primo round è stato un colloquio con un HR, un senior analyst e il capo di un team. L'area di interesse era FIG coverage. Primo round motivazionale e conoscitivo, con round successivi più tecnici.
3x 30 minute interviews with competency, finance technical and case study followed by qna. Assessment centre had 4 of us total though interviews were 1 to 1. Tiring but a good experience