HSBC Interview Experience (On-Campus) 2023

HSBC came for campus recruitment in August 2022 in our college and the whole process consisted of 4 rounds.

• Online assessment
• Aptitude 
• Coding
• Value-Based Assessment 
• Technical Interview ]
• HR Interview
  

Round 1: Online Assessment

The online test was conducted by CoCubes it was for about 45-60 mins. Around 2500 people participated in the test. It consisted of MCQs on topics like verbal reasoning, logical reasoning, reading comprehension, and curriculum subjects like DBMS, OS, and Networking. If you pass certain criteria of this round only then you will be able to attempt the coding round.

The coding round consisted of 2 questions which were medium-level questions and could be done easily.

After a month we got the results of this round.

Round 2: Value Assessment

400 students were shortlisted for this assessment. The value assessment consisted of scenario-based questions which were pretty simple and you had to choose the priority between 3 options. This round was also an elimination round because the company focuses on its ethics a lot. So choose the options wisely. 

After 10 days we got the results and after that 250 students were shortlisted for the next round.

Round 3: Technical Round

Online rounds were scheduled for the 250 students on the 6th and 7th of November.

At first, my TR Interviewer made me comfortable by having a normal conversation like how was my journey and all….and all this time he was looking at my CV and started asking about my projects, Internships, about my role in the same.

Then came technical questions:

• Mysql vs SQL
• C++ Fibonacci series code
• 1 puzzle
• Projects
• Machine learning vs deep learning

out of 250 only 50 were shortlisted for the HR round

Round 4: HR Round

The HR round was for about 20 mins. She was having a look at me and my attire very closely then she asked me to introduce myself followed by questions like :

• Why did you opt for science and not commerce, why Computer Science and not any other core branch?
• About my family 
• About the city that I live in
• About my weakness
• If I have ever given an interview for any other company and did I get selected or not?
• In the end, she asked me a deal-breaker question which was to tell me about our company.

So the answer that I gave was that HSBC is Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Cooperation, it was founded this year, and it is the first company to do this but she was not satisfied. Then I started talking about HTI – HSBC Technology India for which we were interviewing. I told her what it does, and about the products that it has built over the years. She was very impressed and said “Good. Very Good. You have done your homework properly”

I was very happy by the end of the process.

out of 50 only 25 students were selected.

My Suggestions

• Have knowledge of basic subjects.
• Read past experiences of HSBC.
•  Be confident.
• Do not treat HR casually.
• Know in and out about your resume.