Summer Analyst in Investment Banking Review

by UBS

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Rating

4.7/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Market research (trends, landscape, peer group) and creating slides for pitchbook such as creating charts to represent financial metrics.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Yes. I got to learn various tools (excel, powerpoint, Factset, Factiva, etc.). I also got an insight of the workstream of a live deal.


  • 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?
  • 4/5

  • 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
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes. I got to be involved in many different projects and my works were actually shown to the clients.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • I received lots of support for my internship. UBS has a buddy system where they team you up with an analyst in the same team. My buddy was super friendly and I was able to ask any questions I had. The team culture is amazing as well, so was able to ask questions to other people too.


  • 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?
  • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Culture is amazing. People value diversity and different backgrounds. They also try to support juniors as much as they can as you will definitely feel welcomed when you join.


  • 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

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I enjoyed the whole programme. It was definitely intense, with long working hours but I have learned a lot as a result. A steep learning curve, but very worthwhile.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 5/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at UBS
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend UBS to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to UBS
  • Research about the company and the industry you are joining. Good to have wide commercial knowledge!


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Investment Banking

London

August 2021


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