I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at HSBC (New York, NY) in Mar 2017
Interview
Phone Interview followed by in office interview in NYC. Group case study with 3 other prospective candidates. Followed by one on one interviews. The process took about 2 months, 3 weeks in between initial and final interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why HSBC? Situational behavior fit questions, Short case study
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