My experience was that they are looking for four things:
1) Honesty
2) some effort
3) some experience; and
4) That you're likeable.
As for Dec's.. Without China time, no chance! They would stop expansion before allowing a new skipper into China with a 250 hour cadet. Quick commands, yes but less than 12 months.. Unlikely because of the time taken to do the assessment.
Stage one: HR questions to stop anyone who obviously doesn't belong.
Stage two: A mix of tech and HR questions to establish the four points above. The sim is a very easy generic airfield approach, go around, failure, OEI landing. Could be 320 or 330 depending on availability.
Oh Hong Kong: good food, racist people, **** air quality, easy travel.
TSIO.