I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at HSBC (London, England) in Nov 2015
Interview
Standard process with tailored questions you needed to answer online. After submission you get a situational and a "IQ" test you need to finish. If successful they will tell you right away and review your application further. Next step was a phone interview with HR before you get invited to a half day assessment centre. No numerical exercises.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How will the Asian market look like in 5 years time.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at HSBC
Interview
3 1-on-1 interview, with band 3, case study. They don't look at your CV, a set of standard private banking questions, both technical and behavioural, prepared by HR, pretty chill, you will also have a QA section, so be prepared
one HR round, superday with 3 MDs over zoom if you are not in the city, the questions are very standard and pretty much the same for all the candidate, it followed different themes