HSBC
HSBC
Selected

Software Engineer

Anonymous Candidate
Difficulty: Medium
Mode: Online
4 Rounds
Experience0-1 year
Timeline0-1 week
SourceOnCampus
Salary Range9 LPA

Interview Process 4 rounds

Preparation Strategy

Strengthen your aptitude and logical reasoning skills first — the CoCubes platform is heavily aptitude-weighted. For coding, practice standard array problems and BFS/DFS-based questions (the Rotten Oranges problem on LeetCode/GFG is a great reference). For the technical round, be ready to solve coding problems on the spot and explain your projects in detail. In Round 3, prepare Java in depth — OOP concepts, multithreading, inner classes, and the Collection Framework. Also revise Python's map/reduce and Flask if you have used it in projects.

General Advice

Stay calm and structured in each round. The elimination is gradual — roughly 50 → 9 → 3 → 2 — so every round counts. Be clear about which languages you are comfortable with because interviewers will test you deeply on whatever you mention. Do not overstate your skills. For the HR round, back up your answers with real experiences from projects or college life rather than giving generic textbook responses.