How is it to work for HSBC call centre?

Have met a few people who have and do and for the most part they are not terrifically happy.

Having said that it is not often you find anyone who works in a call centre or bank who is joyful so the two together, well.

My advice, try it for yourself. Only you can decide if you like it.

Don't particularly want to do it but all the jobs I have applied for want me to speak Maltese !

What kind of jobs are you applying for? If you're willing to work in iGaming there are plenty of roles in CS such as telephone support or even live moderator for casino games. Especially the latter tend to pay quite well (for customer support that is) - I've seen salaries of €24k even for non-language speakers. You will definitely not need Maltese for those.

HSBC salary is very low (I think around €16k?) plus they've recently been in the news with not so good news:

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/vi … ces.600945

Yes would be interested but no experience...will check out the link thanks

Check out this job ad (one of many you can find with a google search):
http://www.europelanguagejobs.com/jobs/ … medium=cpc

It says "no experience" and "fluent in German, British English or Norwegian". Those live jobs tend to pay well if you're comfortable in front of the camera and speak impeccable English