Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at HSBC with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 8 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at HSBC overall takes an average of 35 days.
Common stages of the interview process at HSBC as a Software Developer according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 17%
Skills test: 17%
Background check: 17%
Personality test: 17%
Presentation: 8%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
Quick interview that wanted to get my understanding on the previous experience as well as some insight on projects I completed at university. Also asked why I was interested in the role and how I would be a good fit for the team
Contract interview, only 1-2 actual hires, rest is all contractor. In office/onsite. Legacy system, low level, linux, old banking software, included a lot of networking questions, low level, linux questions and things of that nature.
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linux stuff, networking, C programming, a little C++
I applied through university. I interviewed at HSBC
Interview
The selection process consisted of four rounds: Coding, Behavioral, Technical, and HR. The interview mainly focused on basics of SQL, computer networks, writing code in any one programming language, and SQL queries. Aptitude questions were also included. There was no discussion about projects, and the process did not proceed to the HR round.
Simple interviews with basic to advance java concepts with spring boot and backend development like hashing component scan repository and more about backend development with respect to java 8 entity and object annotations
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Question 1
What is component scan and how is it different from @component