I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at HSBC (London, England) in Oct 2024
Interview
I had to complete two online assessments before being invited to the assessment centre, with only a week's notice. The AC involved three interviews with different bankers, covering a mix of competency, skills, and technical questions. The questions weren’t necessarily hard but were a bit unusual for investment banking, needing a good amount of market knowledge and interpretation skills. The interviewers were friendly and didn’t try to intimidate me, which made the process enjoyable overall. I also received detailed feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do with an elephant you received as a gift? Tell me about a company you think would be good for an IPO. What company would you invest in and why? What is your opinion about the cryptocurrency market?
online application, job simulation online test, video interviews before the virtual assessment centre and final interviews with people from different teams within investment banking; overall the instruction and guidance are quite clear
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) how do your friends and family describe you?
2) what do you think the job will look like?
3) how do you deal with multi-tasking?
4) technical questions from breaking into wall street 400 Qs
5) brain teasers
The first screening starts with a series of personality and behavioral surveys. Then, there is a video based interview where you have a couple minutes to prepare and answer a couple questions afterwards.