Asset Management Summer Internship Review
by UBS
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.8
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 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
The role was to research different stocks within a specific sector in order to gauge which ones were the best opportunities and then pitch 2 companies to the whole team at the end of the internship. This included setting up and chairing calls with the companies, financial modelling, and attending stock pitches from full time analysts.
Skills
Yes. Financial modelling. Professional communication with clients and investor relations. Improved presentation and persuasive skills in the final pitch. Developed a deeper understanding of financial markets and the macro view of the world currently.
Responsibilities
Yes, lots! We were given responsibility to set up our own calls with investor relations of each company and to chair these meetings. I even got the chance to speak one-on-one with CFOs and CEOs of the companies I was researching. It is quite an independent role so we had responsibility of organizing our day-to-day work too.
Support & Guidance
The full time job is very independent so we were encouraged to be as independent as possible in the internship. Guidance was provided when needed; I was given a supervisor as well as my direct line manager to make sure I was well supported without being 'spoon fed'.
Culture
Very collaborative and has a flat hierarchy. I was encouraged to talk with portfolio managers and other teams that interested me too, who were all happy to speak with me and I was able to shadow roles I was interested in, in addition to my day job.
Your Impressions
I really enjoyed the internship. While it was quite challenging, it was always interesting and I was able to have independence and flexibility in my work to feed my curiosity where possible.
Yes
Be yourself throughout the process. They are looking for good fit in terms of both quantitative and qualitative attributes.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Banking
London
August 2022
