Hsbc·Software Engineer

Hsbc Software Engineer interview experience

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Sheffield, EnglandPosted Nov 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview was a two-stage setup with a clear split between skills and technical.

In the skills stage, they asked about my motivation and why HSBC, why the graduate role, and they also went through the projects I had worked on.

Then the technical interview was live coding with three questions. The questions ramped up in difficulty, and what stood out was that they were looking more for how I structured my code and my thought process than for any single “perfect” answer. Even when I wasn’t fully sure, explaining my reasoning mattered.

It was described as average difficulty, and the process didn’t end with an offer. Still, it felt fair and transparent about what they were

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