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      Summer Apprenticeship Interview

      12 Feb 2013
      Anonymous employee
      Hong Kong
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at HSBC (Hong Kong) in Apr 2012

      Interview

      Online application-->online numerical and verbal test-->phone interview with hr -->individual interview with line manager

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Phone interview questions are all competency-based and motivational questions to test your motivation of the position and business sense and knowledge about banking industry or HSBC and leadership skills, etc. no technical questions through whole interviews but individual interview depends more on the the style of the manager
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      Other Summer Apprenticeship interview reviews for HSBC

      Summer Apprenticeship Interview

      3 Apr 2017
      Anonymous employee
      Hong Kong
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at HSBC (Hong Kong) in Mar 2017

      Interview

      The first phone interview was a terrible experience as I was interviewed by someone with a very thick accent. She kept telling me to stop and repeat what I was saying so that she can type everything down. Second phone interview was much better and I was able to say everything that i wanted

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      all questions were quite standard
      Answer question

      Summer Apprenticeship Interview

      21 Feb 2017
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at HSBC

      Interview

      First goes through values, then apt test, then goes through phone interview, then goes to face to face interview. The phone interview is just the hr copying every word he or she heard, however the hr I faced wasn't that nice cuz she kept on interrupting my answer to tell me to talk slower

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Only got to phone interview, basically asked me in detail about my cv
      Answer question

      Summer Apprenticeeship Interview

      22 Nov 2016
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Hong Kong
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at HSBC (Hong Kong) in Feb 2016

      Interview

      It was a phone interview with outsourced interviewers. The questions were basic ones telling about my experience and career aspirations. The interviewers jotted down my answers and reverted back to HSBC.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Why HSBC What is my career goal How can the program help achieve my career goals Describe a time to work as a team
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