NextGen Innovations, Blockchain and Digital Assets Intern Review
by UBS
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.0
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Your Impressions
4.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at UBS
- 7. Would you recommend UBS to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to UBS
Overview
We are a team of innovation product managers and emerging tech experts, and we partner with business and technology teams to build the next generation of financial services/products enabled by emerging technologies, from ideation and incubation to commercialization. Day-to-day this involves understanding pain points and strategizing on how to deliver an appropriate, effective and innovative solution. It also involves continuous learning to understand emerging technologies and their trends, as well as leading teams to deliver data science/software engineering
Skills
Learned consulting and product management skills. Reinforced data science, software engineering and UX/UI design skills.
Responsibilities
I was given responsibility over multiple projects, a freedom to contribute ideas and have them heard out, and in some cases, implemented. I felt tremendously valued and encouraged, while being supported.
Support & Guidance
The right amounts at the right times, my line manager and buddy were both extremely good at communicating with me to accelerate my personal and professional growth.
Culture
Collaborative, Innovative, Focused
Your Impressions
It taught me important skills, which I will take on to apply in my personal and professional journey. I enjoyed it at the same time, working in London with extremely knowledgeable and easy to talk to people.
Yes
Apply early to increase your chances massively. Understand what company culture actually means at UBS. Contribute ideas/thinking based on that understanding to show proactiveness in future thinking (in your interviews).
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Banking, Data Science, Management Consulting, Market Research, Software Engineering
London
August 2024
