UBS Financial Services Interview Questions

17 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (79%)

The Interview Experience is a score from 1 star (very negative) to 5 stars (very positive) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the donut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

3.4
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (94%)

The Interview Difficulty is a score ranging from very difficult (red) to very easy (green) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. The higher the number, the more difficult the interviews on average. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more insights, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire data set.

2.9
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult
% Interns - FT Offers (86%)

The % of Interns Getting a Full Time Offer chart is meant to provide a realistic estimate of the hiring practices of the company based on the reviews at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to the simple company average and away from the average of the entire data set.

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Interviews at UBS Financial Services

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Year 2024
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Leveraged Finance
Location Montreal
Experience
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Difficulty
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Year 2023
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Global Markets
Location London
Experience
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Difficulty
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Year 2022
Job Title Intern
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Location Boston
Experience
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Location New York
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Interview Questions & Answers - UBS Financial Services Examples

Investment banking intern Interview - Leveraged Finance

Anonymous interview candidate in Montreal
Interviewed: March 2024
Date Submitted: Mar 07, 2024
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Interview
I go to a non target school, I got an offer for an online assessment a day after I submitted my CV. The online IQ test was basic questions, patterns etc. 2 days after I got an email to set up a fit interview. I gave that and never heard back. I do believe there are 2 more rounds after
Interview Questions
How value a monopoly with no Comparables and no access to their financial statements
Sample Answer

Investment Management Interview - Global Markets

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: October 2023
Date Submitted: Dec 19, 2023
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Other
Interview
Online application with simple CV submission. Automatically invited to complete an online assessment testing your fit with UBS culture and numerical/verbal/abstract reasoning skills. After a month, received an invite for a video interview, which was strengths-based mostly.
Interview Questions
How do you think the rise of generative AI will impact equity markets?
Sample Answer

PWM Summer Analyst Interview - Private Wealth Management

Anonymous employee in Boston
Interviewed: May 2022
Date Submitted: Oct 06, 2022
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Background Check
Interview
The hiring/interview process was fairly simple. For context, I applied to a UBS owned Boston-based PWM group, with a high AUM level and approx. 10 full time employees. I received a screening interview from an office individual, then my hiring/formal interview was conducted over Zoom with an actual advisor (somewhere in the middle of the food chain). Asked about my academic background, preparation for a role of PWM, gave me an overview of the tasks and then asked where I felt I could fit into those and where I felt I could grow. Pretty relaxed.
Interview Questions
Asked me to reflect on the hardest parts of my coursework so far.
Sample Answer

Public Finance Investment Banking Interview - Public Finance

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: December 2021
Date Submitted: Jan 03, 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
The interview process consisted of an preliminary call with a recruiter to see if I was fit to move on. Very easy behavioral questions. The next step was a virtual hireview with 6 questions, nothing too technical just mainly questions about how you would behave in certain situations. Final round was a superday with 5 interviews all in a row.
Interview Questions
How the fed meeting would impact Pub fin sector. How I thought sustainability will impact pub fin. If you were making a deal for a successful tolled road, what would the most important factors be?
Sample Answer

Summer intern Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: November 2020
Date Submitted: Jul 17, 2021
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test
Other
Interview
Online interview was pre set questions asking generic questions that you should tie back to the companies culture and values with your own experiences. It’s important to do this as originally it is just ranked by AI and thus not seen by an actual human.
Interview Questions
‘Name one thing you do on a daily basis that you think you should change’
‘If you were to go to Mars, list items you would take and explain why’
Sample Answer

markets Interview - Sales and Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in shanghai
Interviewed: December 2020
Date Submitted: Feb 09, 2021
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
The interview questions are quite easy, just to know what is going on in the market and some behavioral questions. Also, they would like to know why you want to work at UBS, what is special about working there.
Interview Questions
what is most special thing about ubs?
Sample Answer

Summer Associate Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in new york
Interviewed: October 2020
Date Submitted: Nov 11, 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
On campus recruiting which was mainly managed by alumni associates. Multiple calls to associates, however scheduling these interviews were difficult.
Interview Questions
How do you value a start-up healthcare care company with a new product.
Sample Answer

Spring insight Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in london
Interviewed: October 2020
Date Submitted: Nov 03, 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Skills Test
Other
Interview
After a situational judgement test and a numerical exam, I had a Sonru interview which consisted of five competence based questions. The first one was about my choice of UBS, the other questions were about situations were I proved different skills.
Interview Questions
Tell us about a time where you had to be innovative and how you did that.
Sample Answer

Summer Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: September 2020
Date Submitted: Oct 20, 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Other
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Background Check
Interview
- Attended a virtual UBS event via applying online.
- Reached out to the contacts from the virtual event who are involved in recruiting. Expressed my interest in the Summer Analyst role and asked if they would be available (in summary) to have a quick informational networking call.
- 1st round of interviews consisted of a Numerical Reasoning Test and a UBS Cultural Appraiser

- The UBS Cultural Appraiser Assessment consisted of giving you realistic, hypothetical work scenarios faced by current graduates, where
you are evaluated by UBS on how you’d react in those scenarios. (Approximately 25 minutes to complete)
- The UBS Numerical Reasoning Test will ask you to solve mathematical problems in business scenarios. (Approximately 15 questions where you must complete each timed question within the 60 seconds)

**I have not received a rejection email yet and I am still waiting to hear back if I will be selected for the next round of interviews.
Interview Questions
The limited amount of time to answer the numerical questions. I was not able to submit all my answers within the given timed 60 seconds per question.
Sample Answer

Summer Intern Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous interview candidate in london
Interviewed: October 2020
Date Submitted: Oct 20, 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Other
Interview
Video interview run by Sonru - 7 questions, 2 minutes each.

Standard why Ubs, why this division, tell me about a time you had to persuade, tell me about a last minute decision, tell me about a time you made a mistake and also - tell me about a recent deal and what 2 metrics would you use to value a company

Questions not too hard, but time limit of 2 min was stringent.
Interview Questions
Didn't expect technicals - tell me about a deal and tell me what 2 metrics you should use to value a company, but knew some stuff off the top of my head
Sample Answer