I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at UBS in May 2017
Interview
Went through formal interview process with the team. There were 4 separate interviews, one with each member of the team. Straight forward interview. The process was fine, but the hiring and on-boarding took a very long time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk me through your resume and highlight the most important facts we need to know about you
The process took 3 months. I interviewed at UBS (New York, NY)
Interview
Intially applied for the Advisor training process but was called telling that I will be interviewing for the full advisor position as I had some prior experience and licences. The interview itself was rather professional. I was interviewed my three different senior managers one after the other with all of them asking a series of STAR questions, with a lot of overlap between the three. By the end I felt good about how it went but I was a little drained unnecessarily.
The biggest downside is that after I mailed them a note thanking them for the interview, it still took them over a month to get back to me to tell me I didn't get the job, and even that was only after I emailed them to ask. In my opion, any previous level of professionalism was thrown out by this excessive delay in a follow-up call or email.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me how you would sell your favorite mutual fund to a client in a similar situation to you.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at UBS (Chicago, IL) in Mar 2015
Interview
VP in Chicago referred me into the manager. Met with head manager at office and a number of FAs and analysts. Probably had 4-5 in person conversations before receiving written offer.