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UBS

GOTO Technology Summer Intern Review

at UBS

Internship (1 Month+)

Data Analysis, Software Engineering

London

Review Submitted: August 2025

Overall Rating

4.4 /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!

3/5 - Overview of Role
4.3/5 - Skills Development
3.5/5 - 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.
Worked as a data engineer who helped migrate data onto the cloud
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was given enough responsibilities to fill up my time during the course of the internship
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
3/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Improved my technical skills with programming languages including Scala and SQL. Also improved my planning skills
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
4/5
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?
4/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
4/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
There was enough support with my team members as they were all very nice and happy to help out when I was stuck
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
2/5
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?
The culture is amazing as everyone is so kind and approachable. It is not really a stressful environment in the office and people are always willing to have a chat
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 really enjoyed my internship as I felt like I've learnt a lot and had some really good exposure into the industry while getting hands on experience
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend UBS to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to UBS
I would advise them to really focus on your soft skills as well as your technical skills since you'll be working as a team not by yourself so you should know how to conduct yourself

Future Career Prospects

Please rate the future employment prospects at UBS
5/5
Did you receive an offer to return as a graduate?
Waiting to hear
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