I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at UBS (Century City, CA) in Apr 2016
Interview
It consisted of first a phone interview, which were all simple questions. They asked why I wanted to join the firm, what I wanted to do after I graduated, etc. After I passed the phone interview, I was brought into the office and interviewed by a panel of associates. They more or less just asked questions about my resume. Nothing was particularly mentally tolling or difficult. They were nice and pleasant people.
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
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
tell me about yourself.
why interested in wealth management
wealth management vs private banking
