I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at UBS (London, England) in Nov 2018
Interview
Video interview at UBS. I completed the numerical and situational tests and was immediately asked to complete the video interview within the next couple days. The interview was eight questions each with one minute preparation time and two minutes of answering. You have two practise questions before hand that I suggest you take as real questions.
Interview questions [8]
Question 1
What are your reasons for wanting to join an investment bank
Tell about a time where you initiated a new or better way of doing things. What did you suggest, Which ideas did you put into place and what was the outcome
Give an example of a time where you had to work without any guidance. What kind of decisions did you have to make? how did you cope? what feedback did you recieve?
Informal and 50/50 split between behavioral and technical. Consisted of 4 phone calls with various members of the team, starting with director, and then Senior Associate, and then Analyst for the more technical interview.
Standard technicals, but not the best culturally. Asked to walk through M&A transaction, as well as mental math. Asked to talk to previous experiences, particularly past technical experience. Very very serious.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mental math IE- a rope burns from two ends at 30 minutes... etc
I applied online. I interviewed at UBS (Hong Kong)
Interview
2 rounds with one senior and one junior, overall questions are general.
Need some understanding on the sector to be covered. And also some technical questions.
But the chemistry did not went well.
Investment Banking Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at UBS with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 57% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Investment Banking Analyst roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 53 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at UBS overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at UBS as a Investment Banking Analyst according to 53 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 23%
Phone interview: 22%
Group panel interview: 11%
Skills test: 11%
Background check: 9%
Presentation: 8%
Personality test: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 2%
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