
UBS Associate Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
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Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at UBS.
Associate Director
There were 5 rounds in total. 3 rounds were with different teams, and one round was at the Kharadi location. It's interesting that every time the interview was scheduled, a new HR person was involved. The interviews covered QA Manual and Automation topics, including SOLID principles, framework specifics, waits, Selenium, parallel testing, Docker Selenium Grid, and Java OOPS principles. There were also coding questions like finding anagrams, reversing palindrome numbers, reversing strings, and removing duplicate characters from a string using a set. Managerial questions focused on cultural fit and answering scenario-based questions. Overall, it was a positive experience, and all interviewers were very polite, humble, and made sure I was comfortable.
- Can you discuss QA Manual questions and Automation Questions related to SOLID principles, Framework specific, Waits, Selenium, Parallel Testing, Docker Selenium Grid etc.?
- Can you explain Java OOPS principles, and how to solve problems like finding Anagrams, reversing Palindrome numbers, reversing strings, and removing duplicate characters from a string using a set?
- Managerial questions were mostly to check your cultural fit and ability to answer scenario based questions.
Senior Associate
So there were 5 interviews in total, I talked to a bunch of people, like different managers and teammates from different departments. They asked me a lot of questions about how I work and why I'm interested in the job.
- What is your motivation for joining UBS?
Associate
This interview involves a panel of several senior team members or leaders from different departments. They'll be checking how well you'd fit in with the larger team and the company. Usually, you'll have about 3-5 interviewers asking questions about your technical skills and your behavioral responses. They're looking at your leadership abilities, how flexible you are, how you solve problems, and how you perform under pressure.
- Can you discuss financial modeling techniques?
- What valuation methods are you familiar with?
- How do you approach market analysis?
UBS Associate Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from UBS interview reports.
“Could you price a call option that pays (S1-S2)+ given S1 and S2 are correlated geometric brownian motions?”
Read reports →“Considering a potential market decline, would you attribute more risk to earnings or price movements?”
Read reports →“Can you explain the usage scenarios and benefits of UDFs and UDAFs?”
Read reports →“Can you explain Java OOPS principles, and how to solve problems like finding Anagrams, reversing Palindrome numbers, reversing strings, and removing duplicate characters from a string using a set?”
Read reports →“If you were advising the CEO of a Fortune 50 company, what company would you advise them to acquire, and why?”
Read report →“Describe the architecture of those projects and draw out the layers or blocks, detailing the technologies used for each.”
Read report →“Given a real-world problem we had at the bank, describe a use case.”
Read report →“What insightful questions will you be asking us towards the end of our discussion?”
Read report →“Can you discuss QA Manual questions and Automation Questions related to SOLID principles, Framework specific, Waits, Selenium, Parallel Testing, Docker Selenium Grid etc.?”
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