The Assessment centre was held online, and consist of 4 parts.
1. Micro Exercises: Four sets of questions; similar to the job simulation(the previous stage of the recruitment)
2. Competency Questions: testing your reactions in a certain scenario.
3. Motivational Questions:
4. Technical:
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
i. Why did you choose your major in undergrad?
ii. Why LBS?
iii. Why IBD
iv. Tell me about two different products in IBD HSBCPitch me on a stock
v. Recent M&A deal
vi. View on M&A activities on different sectors (I talked about tech, healthcare, retail etc)
vii. Walk me through different valuation mythologies and compare them ( you get to choose the ones you are more familiar with)
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 3 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso HSBC nel mese di apr 2026
Colloquio
The recruitment process involves completing an initial video interview, followed by an HR phone screening. Successful candidates will then progress to a final business interview with the relevant department heads.
1st round: 1v1 initial questions, around 3-5 questions
Self-introdcution, what you study at school, why you choose work at Mainland China, compare Shenzhen and Hong Kong
2nd round: 1v1 with Manager, behavior and a little technical questions
Application -> Online Assessment -> Video Interview -> Interview. The online assessment include behavioural questions and numerical with different sections so you don't have to complete all the questions if you don't want to.
