Applied online , went on to take online test and found out I had passed that. A few weeks later I was asked to book a phone interview , the phone interviewer was extremely pleasant , asked a few questions about my background , then went on to explain HSBCs values and proceeded to ask two competency based questions. I found out straight away that I had passed the phone interview so I knew I had a face to face interview. About a month passed and I was invited to my face to face interview , I arrived at HSBC was taken into a small room and was asked around eight scenario questions which lasted around an hour. Overall it would have been a positive experience if it had not taken so much time , the whole process ended up taking around 2 + months.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time you went above and beyond for a customer?
I applied online. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at HSBC (Birmingham, Inglaterra) in Sep 2016
Interview
First I had to do an online test which was mostly answering multiple choice questions based on different scenarios I might face in the workplace.
I was then invited to schedule a telephone interview. This lasted around 30 minutes, and I was asked 3 competency based questions such as "give an example of when you have provided great customer service" and "tell me about a time you have faced a problem and how did you deal with it?". They will then ask more specific questions about your answer so make sure you use a real example because you may be caught out! At the end I was then told that I had passed the telephone interview and would be put on a shortlist for a 1:1 interview.
2 weeks later I received an email telling me I was being invited to a 1:1 interview in-branch. I was interviewed by 2 branch managers. They asked 8 main competency based questions, just generic things such as "tell me about a time you went above and beyond for a customer" and "tell me about a time you had to adapt to change". They also asked what I knew about the job, and they went into detail about the role. They also asked if I would be interested in working at another branch if they couldn't place me at this one.
I was contacted 3 weeks after my 1:1 interview to offer me a job, and now I have a 5 week wait for background and credit checks so keep in mind that this is a very long process. I applied in August and won't be starting until December.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you went above and beyond for a customer
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at HSBC (Londres, Inglaterra) in Oct 2016
Interview
Applied online. Was invited to an online test (Situational Judgement & Numerical) straight away. Then phone interview 2 weeks later. Standard competency questions based on HSBC values (mine were Open and Connected). Then a face to face interview week after that. I am yet to receive a reply from them