HSBC Sales & Trading Summer Analyst interview questions

3 stages, recorded video, video, then assessment day, assessment day was 4 interviews, each with different department manager, mine were fx options trading, structured rates products, cash equities and ficc

The recruiting process starts with your typical CV submission followed by what they call a Job Simulation. This is a hybrid of an online psychometric assessment and a HireVue. Job Sim is almost entirely composed of situational judgment questions, mostly rank and slider. 3-5 questions will be live-recorded answers, 2-3 min response times, still situational judgment but will require you to highlight your personal strengths, which should be in line with HSBC values (research required). Final question will be a commercial awareness question typically requiring you to pitch an asset class or industry as an investment for a client based on provided information and your own macro knowledge. If you pass minimum benchmark on the Job Sim, you will be invited to a Virtual Experience Day, which is just an online AC, consisting of 3-rounds of 40 minute interviews with bankers. Typical S&T interview prep here (commercial/macro awareness, technical knowledge on different products an asset classes, brain teasers).