HSBC Group Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Q1. Explain your last project and your role in this project
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Led a team in implementing a new CRM system for a large retail company
• Managed project timeline and deliverables

• Collaborated with stakeholders to gather requirements

• Provided training and support to end users

• Ensured successful implementation and user adoption

• Improved customer data management and analytics
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Q2. Overall working experience with other companies
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I have over 10 years of experience working with various companies in consulting roles.
• Managed client relationships and delivered successful projects on time and within budget

• Led cross-functional teams to drive business growth and improve operational efficiency

• Developed and implemented strategic plans to address client needs and achieve objectives
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Q3. Why choose kafka over MQ ? what challenges you faced during kafka implementation ?
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Kafka is chosen for its scalability and fault tolerance compared to MQ.
• Kafka offers higher throughput and lower latency compared to MQ.

• Kafka is horizontally scalable, allowing for easy expansion as data volume grows.

• Kafka provides fault tolerance through replication of data across multiple brokers.

• Challenges faced during Kafka implementation may include setting up proper configurations, ensuring data consistency, and m...read more
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Q4. Monolith to microservice migration journey ? what all decisions needs to be taken and how the entire migration took place.
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Monolith to microservice migration involves breaking down a large application into smaller, independent services.
• Evaluate the current monolith architecture and identify the components that can be decoupled into microservices.

• Define the boundaries of each microservice to ensure they are cohesive and loosely coupled.

• Choose the right technology stack for each microservice based on its requirements and scalability needs.

• Im...read more
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Q5. If worked for RestAPI ? what is the use of swagger ? what is the content of Swagger documentation ?
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Swagger is a tool used for documenting and testing REST APIs.
• Swagger is used for documenting REST APIs by providing a user-friendly interface to view and interact with API endpoints.

• It allows developers to easily understand the functionality of an API, including available endpoints, request/response formats, and authentication methods.

• Swagger documentation typically includes information such as API endpoints, request p...read more
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Q6. Only this was asked to me , and rejected
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Q1. Types of Chunking in data preparation in RAG
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Q2. How Embedding works in Vector Databases
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Q3. Explain ARIMA model
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Q4. How can we decide to choose Linear Regression for a business problem
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Q1. What is token and it's limit for Open Source LLMs
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Q2. Difference of a Regression and Time Series problem
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Q3. Advantage of LSTM over RNN
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Q4. Performance Metrics for Logistic Regression
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They posed questions assessing logical and analytical aptitude.

After completing and passing the aptitude round, I was allowed to take the coding round exam, where the questions ranged from easy to medium level.

Q1. Basic concepts of oops in java. DBMS questions.
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Q2. Questions related to my projects not in dept.
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Q3. They asked me to implement a stack using queues.
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Q1. Implement search in binary tree
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Q2. Previous work experience
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Q1. Why are switching
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Q2. What is Netflix OSS
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