Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - India
September 18, 2024
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
A thorough discussion on the technical aspects, wherein mostly scenario-based questions were asked. The interview did take a fair bit of time. Unfortunately, I was not able to crack the technical discussion.
Questions
Define how you would design your Spring Boot application to communicate between microservices internally, connecting to multiple DBs.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 34 interview experiences for the HSBC Senior Software Engineer role in India.
Success Rate
74%
Pass Rate
HSBC's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in India is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.
Experience Rating
Positive65%
Neutral18%
Negative18%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for HSBC's Senior Software Engineer interview process in India.
HSBC Work Experiences
4.0
Good Policies, Bad Manager
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
Hyderābād, Telangana, India
November 25, 2025
Pros: Company policies are good and flexible for working women.
Cons: The project manager makes their own policies and forces team members to extend their working hours.
4.0
Good company to stay but not much growth
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
Pune, Maharashtra, India
November 4, 2025
Pros: Starting salary is good.
Food
Cons: Managers, testing team, mediocrity, meetings
5.0
Great work-life balance
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
November 4, 2025
Pros: Understanding managers. They care about your life.
Cons: Career growth could be better.
- 4.0Good Policies, Bad ManagerSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeHyderābād, Telangana, IndiaNovember 25, 2025Pros: Company policies are good and flexible for working women.Cons: The project manager makes their own policies and forces team members to extend their working hours.
- 4.0Good company to stay but not much growthSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeePune, Maharashtra, IndiaNovember 4, 2025Pros: Starting salary is good. FoodCons: Managers, testing team, mediocrity, meetings
- 5.0Great work-life balanceSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeMumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaNovember 4, 2025Pros: Understanding managers. They care about your life.Cons: Career growth could be better.
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