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Yearsort ascending Status Position City Group / Division / Type Overall Experience Difficulty
2018 Associate Director Equity Sales Hong Kong Sales and Trading Very Positive Average
2018 Intern Summer Internship London Investment Banking Neutral Difficult
2018 N/A HSBC Hong Kong Restructuring Neutral Average
2018 Intern Coverage Relationship Management Intern New York Corporate Banking Very Positive Difficult
2018 Intern Global Banking Summer Analyst Seul, South Korea Investment Banking Positive Average
2018 Student / Prospective Monkey Spring Intern London Investment Banking Very Positive Average
2018 Intern M&A Intern Milan Mergers and Acquisitions Neutral Average
2018 1st Year Analyst IB Graduate Paris Investment Banking Positive Average
2018 Summer Associate Intern HSBC summer intern Hong Kong Investment Banking Neutral Average
2018 Student / Prospective Monkey HSBC investment banking sophomore program New York Investment Banking Negative Average
2017 1st Year Analyst Investment Banking Analyst Toronto Investment Banking Positive Difficult
2017 Student / Prospective Monkey HSBC Global Banking & Markets Spring Intern London Corporate Banking Negative Difficult
2017 1st Year Associate Corporate Banking Associate Chicago Corporate Banking Very Positive Average
2017 Intern Coverage Relationship Intern for HSBC New York Corporate Banking Neutral Average
2017 Summer Associate Intern Private Banking Analyst New York Private Banking Neutral Easy
2017 Intern Investment Banking Summer Analyst - CRM Toronto Investment Banking Neutral Easy
2017 Intern HSBC Coverage Relationship Management New York Investment Banking Positive Average
2017 1st Year Analyst HSBC Commercial Banking Graduate Analyst Singapore Commercial Banking Positive Average
2017 Intern Summer Intenr Hong Kong Generalist Neutral Easy
2017 Student / Prospective Monkey HSBC Hong Kong Investment Banking Positive Average
2017 Intern HSBC Sophomore S&T Summer 2018 Program New York Sales and Trading Positive Average
2017 1st Year Analyst Equity Research London Other Very Positive Average
2017 1st Year Analyst Associate London Investment Banking Very Positive Difficult
2017 Summer Associate Intern Summer Intern new York Commercial Banking Positive Easy
2017 Intern Global Banking Intern N/A Other Very Positive Average
2017 1st Year Associate Analyst Hong Kong Mergers and Acquisitions Positive Average
2017 1st Year Analyst Analyst Frankfurt Investment Banking Positive Average
2017 Student / Prospective Monkey commercial banking New York Investment Banking Neutral Average
2017 Intern IB Summer Analyst New York Investment Banking Neutral Easy
2017 Intern Global Markets Summer Analyst Hong Kong Markets Positive Average
2017 1st Year Analyst Global Graduate Program Jakarta Generalist Very Positive Average
2017 Student / Prospective Monkey Sales and Trading Hong Kong Markets Very Positive Easy
2017 1st Year Analyst Commercial Banking Management Associate Hong Kong Commercial Banking Very Positive Average
2017 Intern HSBC Hong Kong Corporate Banking Negative Difficult
2017 Student / Prospective Monkey Investment banking summer analyst London Investment Banking Positive Easy
2017 Intern Global Markets Summer Analyst London Sales and Trading Very Positive Easy
2017 Summer Associate Intern Global Markets Sales Summer Intern Hong Kong Sales and Trading Positive Difficult
2017 Intern Investment Banking Summer Analyst Hong Kong Generalist Positive Very Easy
2017 Student / Prospective Monkey Analyst Shanghai, China Generalist Positive Very Easy
2017 Intern Summer Analyst Ithaca Mergers and Acquisitions Neutral Average
2017 Summer Associate Intern summer intern Hong Kong Investment Banking Positive Difficult
2017 Student / Prospective Monkey Investment Banking Summer Intern London Investment Banking Neutral Average
2017 Intern HSBC GAM London Asset Management Neutral Average
2017 Spring Insight Programme London Generalist Neutral Average
2017 Intern HSBC RBWM New York Retail Banking Negative Difficult
2017 Student / Prospective Monkey HSBC Investment Banking Analyst New York N/A Positive Difficult
2017 Intern Summer intern Toronto Sales and Trading Positive Easy
2017 HSBC Retail and Wealth Management Intern Hong Kong Retail Banking Neutral Average
2017 Student / Prospective Monkey BDO New York Mergers and Acquisitions Negative Difficult
2017 N/A investment banking intern Hong Kong Investment Banking Neutral Average
2017 1st Year Associate Associate Hong Kong Asset Management Positive Average
2017 Intern Global Banking & Markets Global Banking - Coverage Relationship Management Summer Internship Singapore Investment Banking Neutral Average
2016 Intern Global Banking - Capital Financing Singapore Investment Banking Positive Average
2016 Corporate Action & Market Data Paris Investment Banking Positive Easy
2016 Intern Industrial placement trainee hong kong Technology Consulting Neutral Easy
2016 1st Year Analyst HSBC Commercial Banking Rotational Calgary Commercial Banking Neutral Easy
2016 Summer Associate Intern Investment Banking Summer Analyst - HSBC Hong Kong Investment Banking Positive Easy
2016 1st Year Analyst Investment banking analyst Toronto Generalist Very Positive Average
2016 Student / Prospective Monkey Spring Week London N/A Positive Average
2016 Intern Sales and Trading Hong Kong Generalist Positive Average
2016 1st Year Analyst commercial banking Vancouver Commercial Banking Neutral Easy
2016 Intern Trade Finance Analyst Intern Los Angeles Commercial Banking Very Positive Easy
2016 Summer Associate Intern Summer Analyst Hong Kong Sales and Trading Very Positive Average
2016 Intern Investment Summer Analyst Hong Kong Investments Very Positive Average
2016 Intern IBD Summer Analyst London Investment Banking Positive Average
2016 Intern Summer Intern Hong Kong Business Development Neutral Very Easy
2016 Student / Prospective Monkey Summer Analyst New York Investment Banking Neutral Average
2016 1st Year Analyst GBM Hong Kong Generalist Positive Average
2016 1st Year Analyst Investment banking analyst New York Mergers and Acquisitions Neutral Average
2016 1st Year Analyst AML analyst hong kong Back Office Neutral Average
2016 Intern Hong Kong Investment Banking Neutral Average
2016 Intern Analyst London N/A Neutral Average
2016 Student / Prospective Monkey Global Markets Singapore N/A Positive Average
2016 Summer Associate Intern Summer Intern Hong Kong Commercial Banking Positive Average
2016 Intern Off-cycle internship London Investment Banking Positive Average
2016 Operations London Equity Capital Markets Positive Average
2016 Intern Summer Analyst New York Mergers and Acquisitions Neutral Average
2016 Student / Prospective Monkey IBD Summer Analyst - Coverage London Investment Banking Neutral Difficult
2015 Intern Internship New York Investment Banking Neutral Average
2015 Intern HSBC GBM Hong Kong Generalist Neutral Average
2015 Intern Asset management summer analyst London Asset Management Neutral Average
2015 Summer analyst London Investment Banking Very Positive Average
2015 Intern Intern Assistant Sales London Derivatives Neutral Difficult
2015 2nd Year Analyst HSBC London Generalist Positive Average
2015 1st Year Analyst HSBC - Banking Graduate London Investment Banking Neutral Average
2015 Summer Associate Intern Summer Associate New York Investment Banking Neutral Average
2015 1st Year Analyst Analyst Hong Kong Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Positive Difficult
2015 Intern Summer Analyst New York Investment Banking Positive Difficult
2015 Intern Summer Intern Hong Kong Asset Management Negative Average
2015 Intern Intern Chicago Audit Very Positive Average
2015 Intern Summer Analyst New York Debt Capital Markets Neutral Very Difficult
2015 Intern IBD Summer Analyst London Financial Sponsors Positive Average
2015 1st Year Analyst HSBC Banking Clients & Coverage Graduate Programme London Investment Banking Neutral Difficult
2015 Intern HSBC Hong Kong Generalist Positive Easy
2015 Intern HSBC DĂĽsseldorf Investor Relations Positive Average
2015 Intern First year intern London Wealth Management Neutral Difficult
2015 Intern Banking - Advisory - Summer Analyst (IBD) London Mergers and Acquisitions Very Positive Average
2015 Intern London N/A Positive Average
2015 Intern Summer Analyst New York Risk Management Positive Easy
2015 Intern HSBC Investment Banking Off Cycle Intern Hong Kong Investment Banking Positive Difficult
2015 1st Year Analyst Capital Market Financial Analyst New York Debt Capital Markets Positive Average
2015 Intern HSBC Summer apprenticeship program (Securities Services) Hong Kong Securities Positive Average
2015 Intern summer analyst London Global Markets Neutral Average
2015 Intern Summer Intern Toronto Corporate Banking Very Positive Average
2015 Intern Corporate Banking Hong Kong Corporate Banking Neutral Very Easy
2015 Data Science Intern Paris Quantitative Research Very Positive Very Easy
2015 Intern Summer Analyst New York Risk Management Positive Easy
2015 Commercial Banking Internship New York Credit Risk Positive Average
2014 Other 2-year contractor Seoul Back Office Positive Average
2014 1st Year Analyst Graduate Program in research London Equity Research Negative Average
2014 Intern Global Research Summer Analyst London Investment Research Neutral Easy
2014 Intern Summer internship London Generalist Positive Difficult
2014 Intern Coverage relationship management Hong Kong Investment Banking Positive Difficult
2014 Intern Corporate Banking Summer Analyst San Francisco Corporate Banking Neutral Average
2014 Intern Summer Analyst DCM London Debt Capital Markets Very Positive Easy
2014 Intern M&A New York Generalist Very Positive Average
2014 Intern Summer Investment Banking Analyst London Investment Banking Very Positive Very Difficult
2014 1st Year Analyst Graduate Analyst Asset Management New York Asset Management Positive Average
2014 Intern Summer Analyst London Debt Capital Markets Positive Average
2014 2nd Year Analyst Analyst New York N/A Negative Very Easy
2014 Intern S&T Summer Analyst New York Sales and Trading Positive Average
2014 1st Year Analyst Sales - Analyst Graduate Scheme Paris Global Markets Positive Average
2014 Intern Global Markets - Trading - Summer Analyst London Global Markets Positive Difficult
2014 1st Year Analyst Management Associate Hong Kong Commercial Banking Positive Easy
2014 Intern Investment Banking Summer Analyst London Investment Banking Positive Average
2014 Intern Retail Banking and Wealth Management Intern New York Wealth Management Very Positive Average
2014 Intern Summer Intern Hong Kong Commercial Banking Neutral Average
2014 Intern Sales and Trading London Sales and Trading Neutral Difficult
2014 Global Risk Hong Kong Risk Neutral Average
2014 Intern Investment Banking Summer Analyst Hong Kong Investment Banking Neutral Very Easy
2014 1st Year Analyst Equity Sales Hong Kong Sales and Trading Positive Average
2014 Student / Prospective Monkey Co-op student trainee Hong Kong Public Finance Neutral Very Easy
2014 Intern DCM Summer Analyst London Debt Capital Markets Positive Average
2014 Student Apprentice Hong Kong Risk Positive Average
2014 Intern Capital Financing- DCM Summer Analyst Hong Kong Debt Capital Markets Positive Average
2014 Intern Investment Banking Summer Analyst Singapore Generalist Positive Difficult
2014 Summer Associate Intern Sales-Trading London Investment Banking Positive Easy
2014 1st Year Analyst Analyst Hong Kong Risk Positive Easy
2014 Intern Capital Financing- DCM Summer Analyst Hong Kong Debt Capital Markets Positive Average
2014 Intern Coverage - Relationship Management New York Global Markets Positive Easy
2014 HSBC Student Ambassador Program 2013 Singapore Investment Banking Positive Easy
2014 1st Year Analyst Investment Banking Analyst New York Mergers and Acquisitions Very Positive Very Easy
2014 Intern M&A Summer Analyst London Mergers and Acquisitions Positive Average
2014 Intern Trainee Hong Kong Asset Management Positive Average
2014 Intern Summer Internship London Investment Banking Negative Easy
2014 Intern Banking - Coverage - Relationship Management London Global Markets Very Positive Average
2014 2nd Year Analyst M&A 2nd Year Analyst New York Mergers and Acquisitions Positive Average
2014 1st Year Analyst Finance Graduate Development Program New York Other Neutral Average
2014 1st Year Analyst Coverage and Advisory Hong Kong Investment Banking Neutral Average
2014 2nd Year Analyst M&A 2nd Year Analyst New York Mergers and Acquisitions Positive Average
2014 Summer Associate Intern Corporate Banking Intern Singapore Corporate Banking Positive Average
2014 Intern M&A Summer Analyst London Mergers and Acquisitions Positive Difficult
2014 Other Credit Analyst Vancouver Commercial Neutral Average
2014 Other 2-year contractor Seoul Back Office Positive Average
2014 1st Year Analyst Trading London Markets Positive Difficult
2014 Intern Intern Hong Kong Investment Banking Neutral Average
2013 1st Year Analyst Trading London Trading Positive Difficult
2013 Intern summer analyst Hong Kong Operations Negative Average
2013 1st Year Analyst First-Year Analyst New York Mergers and Acquisitions Positive Average
2013 1st Year Analyst Commercial Banking Analyst Melbourne Commercial Banking Neutral Average
2013 1st Year Analyst Commodity Operations Analyst New York Neutral Easy
2013 1st Year Analyst Global Banking Graduate Program London Investment Banking Neutral Difficult
2013 Intern summer internship retail London Consumer - Retail Positive Easy
2013 Intern Summer Intern Debt Capital Markets London Debt Capital Markets Positive Average
2013 Intern Commercial Banking Summer Internship Hong Kong Commercial Banking Positive Average
2013 Intern Summer Analyst Hong Kong Equity Capital Markets Negative Difficult
2013 Trader Global Markets Hong Kong Global Markets Positive Average
2013 Intern Corporate Banking Summer Analyst London Investment Banking Positive Difficult
2013 Coverage graduate program London Other Positive Average
2013 1st Year Analyst Global Banking Analyst Toronto Investment Banking Neutral Very Easy
2013 Senior Vice President SVP New York Operations Negative Average
2013 Intern Summer Analyst Singapore Advisory Negative Difficult
2013 Intern Sales intern Wuhan Retail Banking Very Positive Average
2013 Intern Summer Analyst London Markets Neutral Average
2013 Intern ECM summer analyst Hong Kong Markets Neutral Average
2013 Summer Associate Intern Summer Associate London Investment Banking Neutral Easy
2013 Financial Advisor Financial Technology Hong Kong Technology Very Positive Very Easy
2013 WM Officer Singapore Wealth Management Positive Easy
2013 1st Year Analyst Analyst New York Investment Banking Neutral Average
2013 Intern Credit Analyst Intern London Credit Risk Positive Average
2013 Intern Summer Analyst, Global Banking Advisory Singapore Investment Banking Positive Easy
2013 Intern Summer Analyst New York Investment Banking Neutral Average
2013 Intern Summer Analyst, Global Banking Advisory Singapore Investment Banking Positive Easy
2013 Intern Summer Apprenticeship Program Hong Kong Hong Kong Very Negative Easy
2012 Intern IB Summer Analyst London Positive Difficult
2012 Research Analyst Research Analyst London Positive Difficult
2012 Intern global banking summer analyst New York Positive Average
2012 Intern ECM summer intern Hong Kong Positive Average
2012 Credit Analyst Credit Analyst Ft. Lauderdale Very Positive Average
2012 Intern Summer Intern Hong Kong Commercial Banking Positive Average
2012 Intern Intern Toronto Positive Difficult
2012 Intern Equity Research Internship New York Equity Research Positive Average
2012 1st Year Analyst Investment Banking Analyst Shanghai Positive Difficult
2012 Intern Summer Analyst Hong Kong Investment Banking Positive Average
2012 1st Year Analyst Global Markets Analyst Toronto Positive Difficult
2012 Intern GTRF Beijing Retail Banking Neutral Average
2012 Intern Equity Research Summer Analyst. London Equity Research Negative Easy
2012 1st Year Analyst Corporate Banking Analyst New York Corporate Banking Positive Average
2012 Sales (Markets) London Positive Average
2012 Graduate Training New York Positive Difficult

Preview to 5 HSBC Interviews Below

1. Analyst Interview

Process Description

I was asked to do a personality test followed by a numerical skills test. I have now been scheduled fro an HR interview over skype. Tests are pretty straight forward and not too hard.

HSBC Interview Question Example:

Mainly behavioral questions nothing too technical. Questions that test your leadership, teamwork and your communication skills.


2. IBD Summer Analyst Interview

Process Description

Three one on one interviews about competency, estimation and technical skills and one presentation on evaluating acquisition targets.

Sample Interview Question at HSBC:

How much cash and assets does Apple have on their balance sheet? What are the largest expenses on pharmaceuticals companies’ balance sheets?


3. Summer Intern Interview

Process Description

Lengthy, but worth the wait if HSBC is where you want to work. Initial phone interview with HR, group interview then with hiring managers

HSBC Interview Question Example:

Why HSBC? What do you bring? Why not go back to the same place you worked last? What are you looking to get from this job? Tell me about the time you showed teamwork?


4. HSBC Interview

Process Description

Got shortlisted from the AIBC. First round phone interview. Then Assessment Centre, which consisted of group exercise, and technical and motivational questions.

HSBC Interview Question Example:

Tell me why you want to apply to HSBC, with a large focus on current news regarding HSBC. How its businesses might be affected, and how we might be able to mitigate the risks by taking actions.


5. HSBC Investment Banking Off Cycle Intern Interview

Process Description

First round is phone interview by HR. Just general questions about why ib and why this position. Then is face to face interview by 2 VP and 2 analyst. They asked questions about balance sheet, IPO process, how to do industry research, my previous banking experience.

Example of Interview Question at HSBC:

- Tell me briefly about the M&A process and how is investment banking involved in this process. - How to valuate a company which has negative EBITDA? - Walk me though the IPO process and what is