Citibank or HSBC?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

you will look similar to jia jia and kai kai in no time if you join citi hahaha

But jia jia and kai kai is living up the good life with excellent expat packages that ah meng the orang utan will be jelly of. LOL

not sure if this will help you....i actually went for interviews with both banks before.

impression i get is that people in hsbc are more friendly and the way they do things are more organised....at least how they handle all my rounds of interviews....prob UK based.

citibank seems more impromptu....some of the interviewers not as nice but they expect alot from you. citibanks seems more generous with remuneration and benefits though

Originally Posted by venom247

gt offered retail banking sales role in both banks. remuneration is generally about the same.

which will you guys choose? thinking about:

1) company culture
2) prospects of both banks
3) types of customers
4) remuneration (though its about the same but which bank tend to be more generous and fair?)
5) welfare of staffs

any other factors i should consider?

Citi. Period.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Citi. Period.

why le? gt offered non-sales role in both banks too. can share?

this kind of low level job does it matter citi or hsbc? who give higher go where

Originally Posted by Unregistered

this kind of low level job does it matter citi or hsbc? who give higher go where

u referring to who? wtf people here think fresh grad can straight away get director job is it...no need to start from somewhere?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

u referring to who? wtf people here think fresh grad can straight away get director job is it...no need to start from somewhere?

Aiya why care about what ppl say? Like someone said beforehand, there'll be ppl around who try to say negative thing or bring you down. Just do what you like.

You know, some people might be those who didnt get the particular job haha.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

u referring to who? wtf people here think fresh grad can straight away get director job is it...no need to start from somewhere?

I think you are completely missing the point... I agree with view that for fresh grad executive jobs, it really doesn't matter if HSBC or Citi is supposedly "better" (whatever that means). I would also take up whoever gives me a better package.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I think you are completely missing the point... I agree with view that for fresh grad executive jobs, it really doesn't matter if HSBC or Citi is supposedly "better" (whatever that means). I would also take up whoever gives me a better package.

Since the industry and roles are same it doesn't matter which job you take, the bigger package the better. Though if the packages were about the same, then i would go for Citi as they have a better local retail branding compared to HSBC and also more people working in Citi means that there would be more career growth opportunities as compared to a smaller bank.

[Jeff]

Close call in terms of everything you're looking for because they are localised now. But I would give Citi the thumbs up because they have a better name and are american.

From investment banking standpoint, HSBC has been trying for decades to break into equities without success, after spending hundreds of millions. So I pin it down to brand recognition.

Originally Posted by venom247

gt offered retail banking sales role in both banks. remuneration is generally about the same.

which will you guys choose? thinking about:

1) company culture
2) prospects of both banks
3) types of customers
4) remuneration (though its about the same but which bank tend to be more generous and fair?)
5) welfare of staffs

any other factors i should consider?