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Updated 17 Mar 2025

Top HSBC Group Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. What do you mean from sanctions and embargo If we have to adjust 100 billion/ million money in the economy and suppse we have 3 months time. What all can we do to apporti ...read more
  • Q2. Sanctions screen and type of risks and different sanctions
  • Q3. What are the sanction country, how risk is calculated, constitution documents required for like Pvt Ltd, partnership, limited co. , Nri documents , onboarding process.
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Data Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 23 Jun 2024

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in May 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. About Data Analyst Role
  • Q2. Queries on SQL and Python

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Q1. Suppose there is a room in the office and X people enter room throughout the day, Y people leave throughout the day [continuously people are entering the room, some are staying there, and rest are going out] .. so tell me the code to calcul... read more
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
6-8 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I appeared for an interview in Sep 2024, where I was asked the following questions.

  • Q1. Longest palindrome substring
  • Ans. 

    Find the longest substring in a given string that reads the same forwards and backwards.

    • Use dynamic programming to build a table that tracks palindromic substrings.

    • Expand around potential centers (each character and between characters) to find palindromes.

    • Example: For 'babad', the longest palindromic substring is 'bab' or 'aba'.

    • Example: For 'cbbd', the longest palindromic substring is 'bb'.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Two sum dsa question

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Don't assume you got the offer until it comes

Top HSBC Group Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. what is the difference between clustering and classification.
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Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Bridge and torch problem : Four people come to a river in the night. There is a narrow bridge, but it can only hold two people at a time. They have one torch and, because it's night, the torch has to be used when crossing the bridge. Person... read more
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Data Scientist Interview Questions & Answers

user image DEVANG RATHOD

posted on 25 Aug 2024

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Central Limit Theorem
  • Ans. 

    Central Limit Theorem states that the sampling distribution of the sample mean approaches a normal distribution as the sample size increases.

    • The Central Limit Theorem is essential in statistics as it allows us to make inferences about a population based on a sample.

    • It states that regardless of the shape of the population distribution, the sampling distribution of the sample mean will be approximately normally distribut...

  • Answered by AI

Data Scientist Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. for a data with 1000 samples and 700 dimensions, how would you find a line that best fits the data, to be able to extrapolate? this is not a supervised ML problem, there's no target. and how would you do it, if you want to treat this as a s... read more
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Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 31 Jul 2024

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Talk me through resume
  • Ans. 

    Experienced analyst with expertise in data analysis, financial modeling, and market research.

    • Bachelor's degree in Economics from XYZ University

    • 3 years of experience in financial analysis at ABC Company

    • Proficient in Excel, SQL, and Tableau for data analysis

    • Led a team to develop a forecasting model that increased revenue by 10%

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. When have you worked under pressure
  • Ans. 

    I have worked under pressure in previous roles, meeting tight deadlines and handling high-stress situations.

    • Met tight deadlines by prioritizing tasks and staying organized

    • Handled high-stress situations by remaining calm and focused

    • Collaborated with team members to problem-solve and meet goals

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Understand the job description. Have good examples available.

Top HSBC Group Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. How will you find the top 5 customer of HSBC from the entire world?
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Q1. N-th Fibonacci Number Problem Statement Given an integer ‘N’, your task is to find and return the N’th Fibonacci number using matrix exponentiation. Since the answer can be very large, return the answer modulo 10^9 + 7. Formula: F(n) = F(n-... read more
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AVP Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 10 Oct 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Question about previous projects

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Q1. How did you implement transformational changes explain with example
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Get interview-ready with Top HSBC Group Interview Questions

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I appeared for an interview in Aug 2024.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Why HSBC? Why Banking?

Round 2 - Group Discussion 

Cash Loan presentation, talking about their deals

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Q1. What is the global maeketing example
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Interview Questions & Answers

user image Nabin Goel

posted on 27 Feb 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. About yourself and past experience
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. About yourself and past experience

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be diligent to know about group. Also sound humble and knowledgeable about 1 you apply for. That's all.

Data Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 31 Aug 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed in Jul 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

English, aptitude test, reasoning

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I was very good interview process

Top HSBC Group Data Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. 1. What is udf in Spark? 2. Write PySpark code to check the validity of mobile_number column
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Q1. Optimal Strategy for a Coin Game You are playing a coin game with your friend Ninjax. There are N coins placed in a straight line. Here are the rules of the game: 1. Each coin has a value associated with it. 2. The game involves two players... read more
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed in Apr 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Explain basel norms
  • Ans. 

    Basel norms are international banking regulations that aim to ensure financial institutions maintain adequate capital to cover risks.

    • Basel norms were established by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.

    • The latest version of Basel norms is Basel III, which focuses on capital adequacy, stress testing, and market liquidity risk.

    • These norms help prevent banking crises by ensuring banks have enough capital to cover po...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basel norms process

Business Analyst Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. You have 10 boxes of balls (each ball weighing exactly10 gm) with one box with defective balls (each one of the defective balls weigh 9 gm). You are given an electronic weighing machine and only one chance at it. How will you find out which... read more
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Cheapest option to load data from gcs to bq, pipeline shd be triggered based on file arrival
  • Ans. 

    Use Cloud Functions to trigger Dataflow job for loading data from GCS to BQ

    • Set up a Cloud Function to trigger when a new file arrives in GCS

    • Use the Cloud Function to start a Dataflow job that reads the file from GCS and loads it into BigQuery

    • Dataflow is a cost-effective option for processing large amounts of data in real-time

    • Utilize Dataflow templates for easy deployment and management

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Expect more scenario based questions from the interviewer.
For cloud they will provide scenarios and expect you to chose services ,pipeline etc

Skills evaluated in this interview

Senior Data Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Write a query to get the customer with the highest total order value for each year, month. [Note: Order table is different and Customer table is different. Order_ID and Customer_ID are the PK of the table with Oid from Customer table being ... read more
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HSBC Group Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in HSBC Group interview?
HSBC Group interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the HSBC Group interview process are One-on-one Round, Technical and Resume Shortlist.
How to prepare for HSBC Group interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at HSBC Group. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at HSBC Group expect are Financial Services, Agile Coaching, Private Banking, Analytical Chemistry and Python.
What are the top questions asked in HSBC Group interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the HSBC Group interview -

  1. Technical : 1. What is hedge/mutual fund ? 2. What is equalization payment ? 3....read more
  2. How will you find the top 5 customer of HSBC from the entire wor...read more
  3. One puzzles--How to calculate the average no of person coming to the airport da...read more
How long is the HSBC Group interview process?

The duration of HSBC Group interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

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