Software Engineer 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 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at HSBC overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at HSBC as a Software Engineer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 100%
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1. 15 minutes to write a coding problem from the online coding test 2. self-introduction 3. six Behavioural questions 4. Technical questions: Describe the logic of the code you just wrote
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you understand and summarise a large quantity of datasets?
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at HSBC (Chennai) in Aug 2025
Interview
Simple interview process, inclusive of both technical and behavioral questions. Technical questions were simple and some common questions in Python, SQL were asked. Some deep questions about resume and projects were asked to assess technical skills too.
It was very hard and the question were to biased based on the interviewer that you get... completely luck based.but a good job offer. They selected only the deserving condidates