I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at UBS (London, England) in Dec 2013
Interview
The role was VERY overstated. I have now been doing it for 2 years and it's nothing like it was described. Standard interview process with 2 hiring managers. Only face to face on campus interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why UBS? Why specifically Wealth Management? Run through your CV.
One online zoom call with PWM advisor and associate. Mostly behavioral and market questions - be prepared for some some scenario analysis (ex: if a client won the lottery for $50,000,000 - how you invest it and what is the breakdown across asset classes).
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at UBS (New York, NY) in Apr 2025
Interview
Mostly behavioral questions and one question about current events. There were about seven questions in total. The whole hirevue took me about 30 minutes to complete. It is not very difficult to prepare for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you learn about current events? What is one current event that you read about recently?
smooth, basic first round phone interview
friendly interviewer
did not tell me the next step
i would definitely prepare a lot on the culture, why UBS, why this industry
had interesting chat on the world economy
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Question 1
tell me about yourself.
why interested in wealth management
wealth management vs private banking
