I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at HSBC in Apr 2013
Interview
I have posted my resume logging in to HSBC GLT website, After a month HR contacted me for a drive and it all started on one fine saturday. We reached the HSBC GLT center at 9 :00 , the interview process was well planned and was satisfactory, We had the following rounds
1) Written test with objective questions ( 1 hour )
Basically on Java, Logical Reasoning , Aptitute , J2EE and English.
2) Technical Interview (45 mins)
Core Java , Spring, Webservices and project related . All questions where asked to test the depth of your knowledge and not just the basic. My technical interviewer asked me very interesting questions and really admire his knowledge. Could satisfactory give answer to 60 - 70% of his questions and hence cleared it
3) HR round (20 mins)
It was basically a very friendly background check kind of discussion and had some salary negotiation.
One thing I really liked about HSBC interview was they where very frank in letting u know whether u got selected to next round or you may just leave. Because usually in other companies we get a nice statement saying "HR will contact you soon" and nice big simple which never happens
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Just having a indepth knowledge about your core technology is a must, As I have seen technical round was the situation where most ppl couldnt make out.
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