I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at HSBC
Interview
The interview with hiring manager, directors, managers of related department, and lunch with the team. Technical session and case study were included, and there was no much negotiation on the salary due to the nature of entry level position.
I got a phone interview from a member in the team. I was asked several questions, mainly on Excel and SAS macro. The signal was really bad and I asked the interviewer to repeat several times.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to do copy 1000 entries in table A to table B in Excel without directly using copy and paste?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at HSBC (Las Vegas, NV) in Jan 2012
Interview
Two phone interviews with analyst managers where you get a few HR questions. But the questions are mostly technical/case questions. Was invited to an in-person interview next week. It was a full-day process, I was welcomed by a manager who interviewed me on the phone. He interviewed me again for 30mins and sent me to 7 other managers (30mins with each person). I was taken to lunch between my interviews (casual lunch, with 2 analysts). Was offered the next day and accepted it immediately.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Which is the best marketing approach among these 2 options (made up by interviewer)
That was followed by multiple questions around the same case for the whole interview