I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at HSBC (New Delhi) in Aug 2016
Interview
There was an Aptitude + Coding based MCQ questions in the first round. The next round was coding round that had two questions. They were relatively simple. Then there was a Technical Interview and then in the end they had a HR interview.
The first round had 95 questions in 110 minutes. They were relatively easy but you had to be fast. They had English, Reasoning, Logical Abilities, C, Algorithm and Java named sections.
The second round was CoCubes website based a simple coding round.
Interviews were pretty much normal only. Basic questions related to C and C++ were asked. Knowledge of Java is an added advantage.
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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Question 1
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
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is component scan and how is it different from @component
