The process took 3 months. I interviewed at UBS (New York, NY)
Interview
Intially applied for the Advisor training process but was called telling that I will be interviewing for the full advisor position as I had some prior experience and licences. The interview itself was rather professional. I was interviewed my three different senior managers one after the other with all of them asking a series of STAR questions, with a lot of overlap between the three. By the end I felt good about how it went but I was a little drained unnecessarily.
The biggest downside is that after I mailed them a note thanking them for the interview, it still took them over a month to get back to me to tell me I didn't get the job, and even that was only after I emailed them to ask. In my opion, any previous level of professionalism was thrown out by this excessive delay in a follow-up call or email.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me how you would sell your favorite mutual fund to a client in a similar situation to you.
-baseline acumen and ability to run a book, typical interview process, was very pleased.
-most of it was more qualitative and both parties “selling” themselves to one another (FA skill set, team etc. vs UBS scale, tools, internal support teams).
The interview was a series of phone calls with a few different advisors and managers as well as the team that I was potentially going to be hired and joining.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to go through my prospecting process
2 rounds of interviews with training managers, conversational and behavioral mostly. Inquired about previous roles, leadership experience, financial planning knowledge. Training managers want to ensure prospects are willing to learn.
