I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at HSBC in Mar 2010
Interview
It wasn't as tough as I expected it to be give the competitiveness of the IB industry. The interviewer was a former Goldman Sachs employee who took a liking towards my hard working ethics. However, I struggled in the panel interview where I was asked of a recent M&A transaction of which I had very little information on.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
My verdict on a M&A transaction revenue enhancing synergy
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at HSBC
Interview
3 1-on-1 interview, with band 3, case study. They don't look at your CV, a set of standard private banking questions, both technical and behavioural, prepared by HR, pretty chill, you will also have a QA section, so be prepared
one HR round, superday with 3 MDs over zoom if you are not in the city, the questions are very standard and pretty much the same for all the candidate, it followed different themes