I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at HSBC (Pune) in Dec 2014
Interview
This was one day Walk in for Experienced java developers. I have 2 years experience.
First Step - Written test (This steps was not for experience level more than 4 years)
20 questions - English vocab - Tough
20 questions - Analytical - Medium
venn diagram,
30 questions - Java - Medium
Second Step - Technical interview (Java) - Medium
why java , advantage of java
implicit objects of jsp , servlet life cycle
db write procedure , different types of join
difference in html and xml
previous project details
Third Step - Hr Round
nothing imp , just general questions.about yourself , last company profile, why leaving etc.
already filled employment form before HR round , including expected CTC.
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 college or 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