The Assessment centre was held online, and consist of 4 parts.
1. Micro Exercises: Four sets of questions; similar to the job simulation(the previous stage of the recruitment)
2. Competency Questions: testing your reactions in a certain scenario.
3. Motivational Questions:
4. Technical:
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
i. Why did you choose your major in undergrad?
ii. Why LBS?
iii. Why IBD
iv. Tell me about two different products in IBD HSBCPitch me on a stock
v. Recent M&A deal
vi. View on M&A activities on different sectors (I talked about tech, healthcare, retail etc)
vii. Walk me through different valuation mythologies and compare them ( you get to choose the ones you are more familiar with)
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at HSBC in Apr 2026
Interview
The recruitment process involves completing an initial video interview, followed by an HR phone screening. Successful candidates will then progress to a final business interview with the relevant department heads.
1st round: 1v1 initial questions, around 3-5 questions
Self-introdcution, what you study at school, why you choose work at Mainland China, compare Shenzhen and Hong Kong
2nd round: 1v1 with Manager, behavior and a little technical questions
Application -> Online Assessment -> Video Interview -> Interview. The online assessment include behavioural questions and numerical with different sections so you don't have to complete all the questions if you don't want to.