I applied through internal referral in June 2016. After about 3 weeks, got a call from HR to arrange a face-to-face interview with one of the Senior Managers (not hiring manager) in the team. There was only 1 round of interview. The interview mainly focused on my previous experience and some scenario questions which were pretty much the role I applied would be facing. The interview lasted for about 1.5 hours. I got the notification from the HR 2 weeks after the interview to ask me to complete the job application online and took an online test on how your decision aligns with HSBC values. The day after I completed the test, the HR called me and told me that I passed the test and proceeded to salary negotiation. Background checks kicked off at the same time Once salary was confirmed, the HR would give a verbal offer. After accepting the offer, the HR would issue the employment contract. Just one thing, the communication with the HR might take a rather long time since the HR has to handle huge amount of recruitment cases at the same time. The whole salary discussion and offer delivery process lasted more than a month.