UK Insight Programme

Learn about the banking industry, how HSBC works and the careers we offer on this four-day programme.

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Your HSBC journey will be built upon - and thrive with - your skills.

We know how important it is to have the right skills, both for your future and ours. By building this skillset now, we’ll help you develop the agility to keep learning new skills throughout your career.

Over the course of four days, you’ll get to:

  • Spend time with our managers, build your network, learn about different roles and see our offices
  • Show your skills and passion during interactive learning sessions, skills workshops, work shadowing and complete real-life case studies
  • Connect with our senior colleagues and current graduates who will share experiences and advice from their own career journeys
  • Learn more about the business area of your choice, be it Commercial Banking, Digital Business Services, Global Banking & Markets or Wealth and Personal Banking
  • Determine whether a career in banking would suit you. And if it would, how to take the next step

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For: First-year undergraduates studying a three-year degree or for second-year undergraduates of a four-year degree
Duration: Four days
Areas: Wealth and Personal Banking
Start date: April 2025 onwards
Location: UK
Birmingham - Wealth and Personal Banking - Spring Insight Programme
Requirements:
  • Available to work full time 14th to 17th April 2025
  • Obtained, or expected to achieve, a minimum of a 2:1 Degree classification or higher or overseas equivalent to this
  • Fluent in English
Applications open: 21 October 2024
Applications close: 1 December 2024
Start date: April 2025 onwards
Sheffield - Digital Business Services - Spring Insight Programme
Requirements:
  • Available to work full time 14th to 17th April 2025
  • Obtained, or expected to achieve, a minimum of a 2:1 Degree classification or higher or overseas equivalent to this
  • Fluent in English
Additional information:

Our insight programme offers candidates the opportunity to fast-track into our summer internship programme and in turn, our full-time graduate programme.  As we are not able to offer sponsorship for full time, permanent positions for roles within Digital Business Services and, due to the limited number of places we have on our insight programme, we are only able to consider those candidates who will not require onward sponsorship after graduation.

Applications open: 22 October 2024
Applications close: 1 December 2024
Start date: April 2025 onwards
For: First-year undergraduates studying a three-year degree or for second-year undergraduates of a four-year degree
Duration: Four days
Areas: Commercial Banking
Start date: April 2025 onwards
Location: UK
Birmingham - Commercial Banking - Spring Insight Programme
Requirements:
  • Available to work full time 14th to 17th April 2025
  • Obtained, or expected to achieve, a minimum of a 2:1 Degree classification or higher or overseas equivalent to this
  • Fluent in English
Applications open: 21 October 2024
Applications close: 1 December 2024
Start date: April 2025 onwards

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