Equities Analyst

Status
1st Year Analyst at
Group/Division/Type
Asset Management
City
London
Interviewed
January 2013
Overall experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy

General Interview Information

Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
2-3 months

Interview Details

What did the interview consist of?
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Background Check
Please describe the interview / hiring process.
I applied for UBS in November about couple of weeks later i received an invitation to take their tests. 2 test one numerical one logical. After taking both it took UBS about 3 weeks to respond saying that my application was under consideration. Towards the end of December i received a phone call for and an email for an interview to be held in January.
The first thing that I did was to resit the Numerical test. After that me and the three other candidates sat in the room having the standard conversational small talk whilst judging each other with the others trying not to give too much away. I had two interviews for both division, for which the experience was quite different. The first was a structured beta and indexing interview which I received the offer and accepted. It was slightly technical i was questioned about my understanding of indexing, current trends as well as asked to walk through my current CV with particular focus on excel experience.
The other interview was more for a client reporting role supporting the active investment division, this interview i found annoying as upon starting i was told that they were not going to tell me which division they worked for and would interview me to see if i would fit into the role. I found this really tedious as if I dont know which division im going for how will i ever tailor my answer to better fit the division. This interview was more competency based and a load of BS if I am honest. Questions were along the lines of why asset management have you ever worked in a team scenario and so on.
After finishing both interviews I left the building and got a phone call in the next hour to tell me about the offer for the first division.
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