UBS Spring Insight Review

by UBS

Best Student Employer

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Rating

3.4/5
  • About You
    3.0
  • The Company
    3.8
  • Everything Else
    3.3

    About You

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

    • A good week, although having done another spring week and already had a good basis of knowledge of the industry, I felt that most of the sessions were quite basic. Good balance of serious activities and applied skill-building activities.

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

    • Perhaps too much of a large group to feel valued and to get to know classmates/employees properly.

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

    • Good amount of teaching from the very basic level

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

    • Already knew a lot of the information told, but generally useful information told for pursuing a career in banking

    3/5

    The Company

  • 5. How well structured was the insight?

    • Well timetabled, always something going on. Very clear that it had been well planned.

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

    • Some fun exercises but at times too much time listening. Having the Assessment Centre at the end of the week perhaps killed the atmosphere at the end of the week due to the nerves and competition felt within the group

    3/5
  • 7. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • Taught basic skills needed in banking in some activities but not a huge amount of training

    3/5
  • 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?

    • Opportunity to speak/listen to graduates and more senior employees in small groups, which is ver helpful

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

    • Clearly understood from the first day with company presentations. Gave me a good understanding of their strategy and the people that work there.

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

    • Exposure to all different divisions

    3/5

    Everything Else

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

    • Live within the M25 so not given accommodation or reimbursed travel expenses. As a result, travel cost me £70.

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

    • Speed networking with senior employees and a lunch with graduates

    3/5
  • 13. How were the networking/ social event opportunities?

    • Hard to network with classmates as it was such a large group, but there was an organised bowling event

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

    • Yes, presentation on different volunteering projects to join

    4/5
  • 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?

    • Would recommend it to a friend who wasn't sure about a career in finance/banking, but less so if they had prior knowledge and were sure of the division etc they wanted to go into

    3/5
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Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

London

April 2014

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