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Investment Banking Summer Analyst Review

at UBS

Internship (1 Month+)

Investment Banking

France

Review Submitted: August 2021

Overall Rating

5 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

5/5 - Overview of Role
5/5 - Skills Development
5/5 - Support and Guidance
5/5 - Company Culture
5/5 - Overall Experience
5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Leveraged Finance Summer Analyst:
- Prepare pitching decks
- Using market data applications (LCD, capital structure...)
- LBO Modeling on excel
- Writing memos (NBCC, ComCo)
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes, I have been staffed on many projects and covered almost all of the typical steps / processes of a certain deal
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
5/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- Attention to details
- Modeling
- Analysis
- Interpersonal
- Quantitative
- Teamwork
- Time management
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
5/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
5/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
The team has been very helpful
Always there to answer questions
Tasks were explained in details
Advices and tips were given on a daily basis, feedback included
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
5/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
5/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Friendly, helpful, enjoyable, understanding, caring
- social events were scheduled to meet other interns as well as staff
- espresso connects are scheduled to meet other managing directors in other teams
- diversity and inclusion lunch were scheduled for female bankers
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
5/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
5/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I enjoyed working with the team, everyone was helpful and understanding
The culture is nice
I would definitely come back if I get the offer
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5

Future Career Prospects

Please rate the future employment prospects at UBS
5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend UBS to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to UBS
- Prepare well your technical skills for the case study, be quick and be aware of time since you might feel or be tight on time
- Be honest and confident during interviews, just be yourself
- ask questions at the end of the interviews
- prepare a solid online applications and prepare well for the numerical test. Practice a lot for the test to be quicker as time might be tight too
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