HSBC interview questions
Updated Jun 5, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 11%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 8%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 7%RecruiterRecruiter
- 5%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 3%In PersonIn Person
- 2%OtherOther
Interview search
7,408 interviews
HSBC interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at HSBC as 68.4% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.79 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Trader and Real Estate Analyst rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for AML Analyst and Quant Analyst Intern roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at HSBC takes an average of 26 days when considering 139 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Software Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Opération Réseau roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 180 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at HSBC according to 139 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 24%
Phone interview: 19%
Presentation: 11%
Background check: 10%
Personality test: 10%
Skills test: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Group panel interview: 6%
Drug test: 5%
Other: 1%
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- Software Engineer(723) ;
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- Project Manager(446) ;
- Relationship Manager(443) ;
- Vice President(440) ;
- Intern(439) ;
- Senior Software Engineer(388) ;
- Associate(378) ;
- Personal Banker(352) ;
- Senior Manager(276) ;
- Director(246) .
