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作者: E小娃娃 时间: 2010-2-19 18:57
标题: 2010 London Summer Internship Offer
I'm so happy that I could get this offer, hope I can share some experience with you.

Telephone Interview:
It's easy to pass HSBC's telephone interview... cuz they've outsourced their interview to run by other agent, so the guy will only ask some standard competency question.

Some common questions are like:
Why banking? What have u done to get knowledge in this industry, especially to learn abt HSBC?
Example of: teamwork, work under pressure, learn new skill, multitasking, persuade others, etc.
Those are standard questions but u may also be asked other questions, just make sure to have some solid example and state it in a logical way.

If u are successful at this stage, u will get their email soon, usually within 1 hour. BUT that doesn't mean u will definitely be invited to AC. They will review all the applications of those who passed the telephone interview again and decide who will be invited to AC.

AC:
There are 8 ppl in a single AC.
AC starts at 7:30, activities include:3 interviews(1 motivational interview, 2 technical interview); Case Study Presentation and Q&A; Numerical test.
There is no group discussion.

Motivational interview(30 minutes) = competency interview. You'll be asked some questions similar to those in telephone interview.

Technical interview 1(30 min.) consists of topics relating to Understanding of HSBC + Global Market (Macro econ, impact of some government policy, etc)+ Global Banking (company financing, investment decision, etc).

Technical interview 2(30 min.) = either competency question or technical interview 1, all depends on the division you are applying and the interviewer. It's quite random.

Case Study Presentation (45 min preparation time+10 min. presentation+15 min. Q&A): You'll be given a material about an artificial bank quite similar to HSBC itself. You need to present its financial performance and give strategic solutions to its future development.
My tips on Case study: The materials you'll need to read is about 20 pages. Quite lots of information, some articles some figures. You really need to watch on time!!
And there is NO flip-chart for you to write down as visual aid, so all you can do it to TALK to the manager your solution. So, make sure it's logical and easy to follow!!!

Numerical: It's quite easy for Chinese. Standard SHL question. 20 min. 20 questions. It's Ok if you cannot finish. I only finish about 15 questions but still passed, so there is really no point to worry about this.

Take it easy, just be yourself!
Before my AC, i've already got an offer from JPMorgan, so I'm really relaxed and didn't perform well in the AC. I've said lots of "I don't know" in interview, showing that I wanna give up, but.... I don't know why they still give me an offer. Maybe they think I'm relaxed and honest. So you really need to be yourself, not what you think they want you to be.

That's all about it, and if you're successful, you'll be contact on the same day or the next day.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. :28) Good luck!!!

作者: JASONMEN 时间: 2010-2-19 22:19
Thank you so much. I will attend my AC next Tuesday. I will send you short message.

作者: 怎么還沒死 时间: 2010-2-19 23:12
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作者: parachute_3 时间: 2010-2-20 07:53
good to know thanks a lot

作者: voicivoila 时间: 2010-2-21 23:30
Congrats and thanks for sharing!
Really helpful for us who will attend the AC nest Tuesday!
Which one will you choose to go then, JP or HSBC?

作者: tanith 时间: 2010-2-22 05:16
may i ask which division you interviewed for? i have AC for STG London SA on tuesday, see "the second floor" and "the fifth floor" there?

作者: voicivoila 时间: 2010-2-22 19:49

may i ask which division you interviewed for? i have AC for STG London SA on tuesday, see "the secon ...
tanith 发表于 2010-2-22 05:16

Yes, STG London, it's the same division for all of us!
There will be two sessions tomorrow, one begins at 7h30 am, the other starts at 1h pm, which one will you attend?
Hope to see u tomorrow! :)

作者: Lillianhou 时间: 2010-3-9 10:29
回复 1# E小娃娃

想問樓主大概幾天收到offer的？

作者: mypureland 时间: 2010-3-10 15:27
congrats and thanks

作者: Concordy 时间: 2010-3-16 23:23
wodeshenmeshihouyoune??

作者: 登峰造吉 时间: 2010-3-31 13:18
thanks~~

作者: grace19860101 时间: 2010-3-31 18:02
Why everyone used English？ Oh！ I'm so upset and I have no confidence about my oral.

作者: 武汉口香糖 时间: 2010-4-9 05:18
楼主你好，我刚收到邮件说邀请我去参加下个星期的AC, global transaction的summer intern
根据他们发给我的e-mail, 里面说 you will undertake a number of exercises including: a numerical reasoning aptitude test, a motivational interview, business interviews and a business-related case study discussion. 我想知道是否跟楼主当时收到的一样，因为楼主说没有group discussion, 而这里说有一个business-related case study discussion 另外~想问问对专业问题的考察到什么程度啊？谢谢啦~~~

作者: JASONMEN 时间: 2010-4-10 09:13
本帖最后由 JASONMEN 于 2010-4-10 09:16 编辑

我也拿到了London STG summer internship的offer。和你分享一下吧。也感谢当时e小娃娃的分享。

numerical 就是SHL的数字练习，当时我起床太早，一上来就做测试，当时我还非常困，没有答完。其实是很简单的，休息好就可以了。自己可以带一个科学计算器，他们给的不好用，特傻的那种。

然后就是和两个MD，一个HR高级经理面试，还有和一个ASSOCIATE做case study presentation。
MD主要是考察专业知识，面我的MD是卡夫收购吉百利的主要advisor之一，所以她很详细得问了我这个deal的情况，还问了我lending margin的变化（后来和其他的中国candidate核对，这个问题成为很多人的致命之处，我围绕LIBOR回答的，其他的candidate主要是围绕利率，这是一个非常commercial banking的问题，margin看的都是在libor上多少的bps，在商业银行里我们都是说这个syndicated loan的margin是150bps等等，发生credit crisis的时候，放贷量减少，造成贷款成本---也就是margin上升，现在信贷市场好转，margin下降。在08年信贷高峰的时候，这个margin是非常低的，要回答出变化的过程）。

其他的问题还包括迪拜危机，希腊债务危机等等。回到卡夫收购吉百利的例子，她还问了我收购的价格，对卡夫和吉百利股东的看法等等。除了回答价格，我提到卡夫在筹集并购资金的时候，会大量放债，这样会造成其gearing比例上升，可能会面临标普评级下降等等。

另外一个MD问我为什么愿意在伦敦工作等等，不过我和他说了太多asian stories，他总是提醒我---我们希望你在伦敦工作，可能不会遇到太多asian entities。他问了我现在实习银行的CEO----原来汇丰的高管之一的情况。因为他是做地产的，所以说了很多比如大摩的地产基金，还有CIC，我很惊讶他居然这么了解CIC的情况，而且提到CIC专门聘请大摩的团队帮他们投资等等，一些金融八卦吧，他应该比较喜欢我。

HR高级经理还是很清高的，一直强调汇丰的远见卓识，他应该也是比较资深的banker，问的都是行为问题，不过他几乎不怎么听，当时比较崩溃。当时我问他说汇丰在中国大陆没有投行团队等等？他就和我抱怨说当初不应该派香港的华人去北京开拓市场，结果一塌糊涂，因为他们不知道在北京怎么做事，现在在慢慢组建之中。

现在很重要的一个环节就是和ASSOCIATE的面试，也就是大家开始面试之前，会花半个小时的时间看一份材料，这个材料其实就是汇丰的年报改编版，汇丰的主要business lines是comercial banking, global banking/markets，和private banking。FY09是super global banking/markets的一年，钱都是他们赚得。他们会让你在面试的时候，像associate说明汇丰的优势和劣势是什么，记住永远用数字说话，比如说EBITDA，leverage，gearing等等。这些最好都在阅读的时候算好，然后记下来，去讲给他们听。有时间就去看看年报，看看汇丰在新兴市场的表现等等。

差不多就是这些了吧。汇丰的人很nice的。不一样的感觉，非常尊重不同的文化，所以他们能在复杂的新兴市场取得成功。

加油吧，希望暑假能看到更多的中国学生。我是在大陆读书的。

作者: 武汉口香糖 时间: 2010-4-11 16:02
回复 15# JASONMEN

太感谢楼主了~我面的是GTB（global transaction banking) 按照你的提示应该会问这方面专业的问题比较多~~~可是他们给我发的邮件又说不会问相关的专业知识~~~比较纠结~~~不过大体上有个概念了~~~希望下周四好运吧~~~另外我想知道一下楼主所描述的就是所谓的business interview吗？因为我有一个motivation interview应该就是些常规问题，然后有两个business interview 估计是专业一些，然后是一个business related case study, 我觉得可能面不同职位给的case会不一样~~~

作者: endless118 时间: 2010-4-12 02:59
anyone studies in Europe (besides UK)apply for this programme has got the reply?

作者: 武汉口香糖 时间: 2010-4-13 02:52
回复 17# endless118

me

作者: HaleChan 时间: 2012-2-19 12:41
谢谢楼主！

作者: Rosaria008 时间: 2012-8-12 18:45
thanks

作者: amy_hxw 时间: 2012-9-17 21:34
Thank you

作者: 令狐玄 时间: 2013-4-11 22:50
感谢楼主！

作者: cyycrystal2011 时间: 2013-11-22 14:29
thanks very much! It's very helpful.

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