Jessica, a Retail MT, gives her best piece of advice for differentiating yourself at interview or assessment centre stage and drums home a key message from the Leadership theme – take every opportunity to take the lead!

Leaders can take many different forms, including those on the HSBC graduate scheme. A leader is described as someone who can get all to follow a common task for some common goals. So what can you do to be prepared for leadership within our schemes? More...
The Transition From Graduate Programme to First Appointment
By Pascal, Analyst in Wholesale Credit and Market Risk, Former Executive Management Trainee
The Executive Management Trainee (‘ET’) graduate programme is a generalist introduction to multiple areas of business within HSBC’s UK subsidiary, with the opportunity to travel abroad or fulfil functions in the parent holding company. It’s 23 months since I joined HSBC Bank plc as an Executive Management Trainee, and three months since I graduated from the programme and into my first appointment. I contributed to a lot of areas of the graduate community – including this graduate blog – during my time on the graduate programme. More...
Joey – HTS Management Trainee
I write this article having been in my first placement as a HTS graduate for a duration of two months...and believe me when I say; it has flown by faster than Usain Bolt running the 100metres! More...
Ilias - Fraud Prevention Strategy Manager (HTS Management Alumni)
Hello everyone/ Γεια σε όλους!,
Until the end of October, I was an HTS Graduate on my leadership placement in Payments and Commercial Operations (P&CO). Now I am starting my first appointment as a Fraud Prevention Strategy Manager at Regional Security and Fraud Office. So the timing is perfect for me to conclude my time with the Graduate Programme by writing about my last week as a Graduate. More...
Have you ever wondered what its like to work for one of the world’s largest financial services organisations? Or do you want to find out what we’re looking for during the graduate recruitment process? More...