I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at HSBC (Hyderābād) in July 2012
Interview
3 rounds of Interview Process.
1. Assessment test
2. Technical round
3. HR round.
All rounds at HSBC office on a single day.
Took 14 days for entire process.
Interview process was very smooth.
Technical panelist was very friendly and gave time for settling down.
Technical round was followed by lunch. HR round was more about describing about the company polices. Best place to work.
Overall had a positive experience.
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.
Interview questions [1]
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