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About the Company
HSBC (Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organisations, serving over 40 million customers across 64 countries and territories. With a history dating back to 1865, HSBC offers a comprehensive range of services including commercial banking, global banking and markets, wealth and personal banking, and private banking. The bank is renowned for its international presence, financial expertise, and commitment to sustainability, aiming to connect customers to opportunities worldwide while contributing to economic growth and societal development.
Company Profile
Year founded: 1865
CEO: Noel Quinn
Employee Number: c. 226,000
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Core Values: Integrity, collaboration, sustainability, and customer focus
Official website: https://www.hsbc.com
Student & Graduate Recruitment Process
Stage 1: Online Application
Candidates apply through Lloyds Bank’s official careers portal, submitting their CVs and completing application questions tailored to the role and location.
Stage 2: Online Immersive Assessment
During this stage, you will be asked to look at possible work scenarios and answer how you’d respond, deciding on your most to least likely actions. There’ll also be questions about your preferred working style. Read more below on how to prepare for this assessment.
Stage 3: Job Simulation Assessment
In Job Simulation, you will answer questions across formats that include writing, video, multiple choice and ranking. Each question relates to the type of work you might do at HSBC. Questions vary depending on the role you are applying for.
Stage 4: Micro Exercise
If you are successful at Satge 3 and shortlisted for the Assessment Day, you will receive a link to complete four micro exercises. Those execises focus on your ability to deal with work related technical scenarios. You often need to complete this task before your Assessment Day.
Stage 5: Assessment Day
This stage includes individual and group activities, along with a 30-minute live interview with a member of the bank. The assessment centre integrates everything learned about HSBC so far, focusing on motivational and scenario-based questions during the interview.
Stage 6: Offer and Feedback
Following the assessment centre, candidates receive feedback and are informed about the outcome of their application. You will receive a job offer if you are successful.
How to Prepare for the Online Assessment
HSBC's Immersive Online Assessment includes ranking style situational judgement, rating and numerical analysis questions, and tests are provided by Cappfinity.
⌛️ Overall Time Needed to Practice: 3 days
⏰ Overall Time Needed to Complete the Assessment: 70 minutes
Immersive Online Assessment
The Immersive Assessment includes multiple ranking and rating-style questions that focus on life at HSBC. Those questions are designed to assess the behaviours required to succeed in day-to-day work at HSBC. There's no time limit for completing this part of the assessment, which normally takes around 50 minutes.
In order to successfully pass this part of the assessment, you can practice our Situational Judgement Tests, which include ranking-style questions that help you understand corporate culture and what employers might be looking for, and Numerical Reasoning Tests,
Please note that you may need a calculator, a pen, and paper for this assessment.
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Tests this company use:
- £ 17.9
> Basic & advanced numerical skills training
> SHL-style numerical reasoning tests
> Cappfinity-style numerical reasoning tests
> Cut-e/AON-style numerical reasoning tests
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> Basic & advanced verbal reasoning skills training
> SHL-style verbal reasoning tests
> Cappfinity-style verbal reasoning tests
> Cut-e/AON-style verbal reasoning tests
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> Situational judgement training
> Suitable for most companies
> Ranking style questions
> Rating style questions
- £ 17.9
> Basic & advanced logical reasoning skills training
> SHL-style logical reasoning tests
> Cappfinity-style logical reasoning tests
> Cut-e/AON-style logical reasoning tests
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