Investment Banker Review
at UBS
Internship (1 Month+)
Banking
Liverpool Street
Review Submitted: August 2022
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
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
5/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Working with high profile clients and maintaining the relationship. Getting involved in numerous different types of deals e.g M&A. Doing a lot of microsoft excel/powerpoint work also.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Responsibility was varied, you would always have a senior that would assess your work once it was completed so that they could adhere to the quality. You were however given a lot of responsibility with client work, your seniors would trust you to do a good job, and would more so fine tune the work that you did.
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?
Developed my excel skills definitely, in terms of the shortcuts associated and understanding the functions. Increased knowledge of the financial sector and the different terminology that's used. Using different programmes such as factset and bloomberg.
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?
Everyone was so willing to help. You were encouraged to ask questions by all. People would break things down comprehensively, even if you were doing a monotonous task they would tell you how it fits in in the grand scheme of things.
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?
The company culture was great, people were extremely friendly, invited you out for coffee/drinks. People were extremely welcoming and wanted to integrate you straight away.
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 the internship! It was an extremely vital step in my development journey, there are numerous different financial concepts that I now have in depth knowledge that I did not have before. Numerous team events, also social events within and outside your team that you can easily get involved with.
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
I would say: make sure you have your CV, Cover letter done well. They will ask you questions about this in the further stages. Also don't have the conventional view of how cut throat banking is, the culture has shifted a lot since then (not to say its now perfect) but the majority of people are extremely open/friendly.
