I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at HSBC (Sheffield, England) in Dec 2025
Interview
Application Form and upload CV, on-line assessments logical and situational judgments, on-line interview to a screen not a real person, STAR type questions and why HSBC & banking. A few weeks between each part of the process and some holding emails while waiting
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at HSBC (Sheffield, England) in Aug 2025
Interview
The first stage Simulate Assessment is pleasant in comparison to other software engineering roles. You are given various timed and untimed questions with video interview style framing, to assess your work ethic, collaborative skills and problem solving skills. Completely non-technical for a first stage interview.
Do not concern yourself with technical prowess in computer science for this stage.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Improving a distribution of financial investments based on new and old historic data in order to improve portfolio for a more stable positive investment.
Initial psychometrics and coding assessment. Then video interview with Hirevue. Did not make it on to the next round. I think the next rounds are assessment centre and in person interview. It is also a few months process.
