6-8 rounds of interview for management associate or junior staff is a joke.

the most prestigious graduate MBA programs out there in Unilever, Shell, Microsoft, P&G, Exxon, JP Morgan or even administrative officer program in civil service just have 1 day assessment cetnre and maybe another 3-4 rounds of structured interviews.

normal banks need 8 rounds over 1 year just to get a VP or management associate is just inefficiency and lousy control from their hr side.

hsbc has ~25,000 vp world wide, i hope they are all not taking 8 interviews to hire...