UBS Spring Insight Week Review

by UBS

Best Student Employer

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Rating

3.6/5
  • About You
    3.6
  • The Company
    3.8
  • Everything Else
    3.1

    About You

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?

    • Very much enjoyed it as other interns were very nice and week itself gave a great overview of the firm.

    4/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued during your time at the company or firm?

    • Yes to a certain extent, especially in the work shadowing and activities.

    4/5
  • 3. How much guidance/support did you receive during the insight?

    • Good support during the work shadowing and some business reps were very supportive.

    4/5
  • 4. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and information you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • Helped me to understand far greater the financial world and thus help me in my studies.

    4/5

    The Company

  • 5. How well structured was the insight?

    • Very well structured and everyone knew exactly what was happening every day.

    4/5
  • 6. How was the general atmosphere during your insight?

    • Good atmosphere and everyone integrated well, especially at the bowling social night

    4/5
  • 7. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • Increased my knowledge of the financial world and the challenges set really helped my teamwork ability.

    4/5
  • 8. To what extent did the insight help you to understand what it would be like to have a full time role with the company or firm?

    • We had a lot of talks on each role and work shadowing especially helped to see how working at UBS would be like.

    4/5
  • 9. How much did the insight help you in understanding the company culture?

    • Yes we got to see the client focused and laid back style of the bank and how everyone got on.

    4/5
  • 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?

    • Gave me even more choices on what to do with my career but made me sure i wished to work in an investment bank.

    4/5

    Everything Else

  • 11. Were you paid or reimbursed adequately for this experience?

    • UBS paid for flights and hotel.

  • 12. Were there opportunities for networking and meeting other employees of the company or firm?

    • Yes we had events such as speed networking and also many Q&A sessions.

    4/5
  • 13. How were the networking/ social event opportunities?

    • Well structured and allowed everyone to utilise the time to ask all their questions.

    4/5
  • 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?

    • Wasn't much talk about social aspects of ubs unfortunately as most things were geared toward work life although we did have a talk of charity work in the firm.

    2/5
  • 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?

    • Definitely as it gave me a great view of what goes on in a bank and what roles were there for me to take on.

    4/5
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Details

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

London

April 2013

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