I applied through university. I interviewed at HSBC Software Development India (Pune) in Jan 2025
Interview
It was a diversity hiring drive that included two online assessments (OAs) and a behavioral assessment, followed by interviews.
P.S. - The assessments were conducted on college premises
The interview process was relatively easy.
It began with a technical interview, where the interviewer first asked me to introduce myself and talk about my hobbies to help me feel at ease. Then, he moved on to technical questions, which covered Cloud Computing, Projects, DBMS, OOP, one array-based DSA question, and several questions on MySQL. The interview concluded with a tricky puzzle. After that, I was asked to wait for the result to see if I would proceed to the HR interview.
The HR interview felt quite intimidating. The interviewer asked me several questions about the bank’s history and key figures, as well as typical HR questions regarding my family background, preferred location, and more.
After this round, I had to wait 20 days for the final result — and I was thrilled to learn that I got selected.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain four pillars of OOP with real life examples
I interviewed at HSBC Software Development India (Pune)
Interview
The Technical interview was for 45-50 mins in-person. The interviewer mainly focused on Core Concepts, Resume based concepts and Questions on Projects. Core concepts questions were based on subjects like DBMS, SQL, OOP, DSA,
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. 4 pillars of OOP (asked me to explain 4 with example, and write code for 2 of them)
2. Exception Handling (OOP)
3. Abstract function
4. ACID Properties (with example) (DBMS)
5. Normalization Techniques (1nf, 2nf, 3nf, bcnf, 4nf) (DBMS)
6. DSA (Searching & Sorting Algorithms)
7. Other Resume based questions