UBS online assessment and interviews
Spring insight in London, plus the graduate programme and internships
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Programme and dates
- Tomorrow's TalentOfficial:A four-day in-person spring insight that leads to faster consideration for internshipsSource: Employer page, spring insight page
- Who can applyOfficial:First-years on three-year degrees or second-years on four-year degrees, on track for a 2:1Source: Employer page, spring insight page
- Expected about 30 September 2026Status on Reported:Not open on 22 September 2026, and a tracker estimates an opening around 30 September 2026 from last cycleSource: Trackr, spring week timeline for 2027
Dates move, so confirm them on the firm's own careers site before you apply
Every firm on the spring week mapWhat to do this week
- Go to practice for: Do a 12-minute true, false or cannot say numerical set
- Go to practice for: Do a 12-minute verbal set on short passages
- Go to practice for: Pick the most and least effective actions in 18 untimed workplace scenarios
- Go to practice for: Choose a news story you follow and explain why it matters in 90 seconds
- Go to practice for: Record six answers with 1 minute to prepare and 2 minutes to speak, one take each
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Stages in order
- Online applicationOfficial:An online application with your CV, and no cover letter in most regionsSource: Employer page, spring insight pagePractise for Online application: Motivation answer
- Online testsOfficial:Some or all of verbal, numerical and inductive-logical reasoning tests and a culture scenario test, due within 7 days with no retakesSource: Employer page, spring insight pagePractise for Online tests: Aon-style numerical (scales)Aon-style verbal (scales)Aon-style inductive-logical sorting (scales cls)Aon-style inductive grids (scales clx)Aon-style bank culture-match SJT
- Video interviewOfficial:If you pass the tests you may get a link to record a video interviewSource: Employer page, spring insight pagePractise for Video interview: Recorded video interview
- Final interviewsOfficial:Virtual or in-person interviews to finishSource: Employer page, spring insight page
Online tests
- Official:Which tests you get depends on the business area you apply toSource: Employer page, spring insight page
- Official:The careers page links to the test provider's own practice siteSource: Employer page, spring insight page
- Reported:The numerical test is reported as 37 true, false or cannot say statements on tabbed data sheets in 12 minutesSources: AptitudePrepJobTestPrep, assessment test preparationGraduatesFirst, job tests overview
- Unverified:One prep site gives the verbal test as 49 true, false or cannot say statements in 12 minutesSource: JobTestPrep, assessment test preparation
- Reported:Two prep sites give the inductive-logical test as 12 tasks in 12 minutesSources: JobTestPrep, assessment test preparationGraduatesFirst, inductive test guide
- Unverified:One prep site instead describes a 6-minute test where you pick the two grids that follow the ruleSource: AptitudePrep
- Unverified:One prep site warns that these counts may come from the provider's general product pages rather than from the bankSource: Game Assessment Prep
- Official:The culture test uses realistic work scenarios where you pick the most effective course of actionSource: Employer page, spring insight page
- Reported:The culture test is untimed, takes about 20 minutes and asks for the least effective response as well as the most effectiveSources: GraduatesFirst, culture assessment guideJobTestPrep, assessment test preparation
- Reported:Two prep sites count 18 culture scenarios, while a third says 15Sources: JobTestPrep, assessment test preparationAptitudePrepGraduatesFirst, culture assessment guide
- Reported:Two prep sites say the culture test comes from a different provider than the numerical testSources: AptitudePrepJobTestPrep, spring week preparation
- Official:You aren't sent the tests again if you passed them in the last six monthsSource: Employer page, early careers FAQ
Video interview
- Official:UBS advises dressing smartly, looking at the camera and keeping answers conciseSource: Employer page, spring insight page
- Official:UBS tells candidates that people, not AI, make the decisions on video interviewsSources: Employer page, spring insight pageEmployer page, graduate programme page
- Official:You can record as many practice interviews as you like before the real oneSource: Employer page, how the firm hires
- Unverified:Accounts of the format conflict, from four questions with 30 seconds to prepare to six to eight questions with about a minute, with up to 2 minutes per answerSources: GlassdoorGraduatesFirst, interview guideGame Assessment Prep
- Unverified:Spring applicants have described a why-this-bank question, a biggest achievement, a news story you follow and a final open slotSource: Glassdoor
Final interviews
- Official:UBS suggests researching the business area, asking questions and telling stories about outcomes and what you'd do differentlySource: Employer page, spring insight page
- Reported:Expect questions on culture fit and competencies, with technical questions for the division you applied toSource: Game Assessment Prep
Typical calendar
- Official:UBS says UK and EMEA early-careers applications open in August and SeptemberSource: Employer page, spring insight page
- Reported:In mid-September 2026 a tracker listed 17 August as the opening date for 2027 summer internshipsSource: Intervyo
- Reported:Firms often review applications as they arrive and can close before the advertised deadlineSource: Trackr, summer 2027 internship timeline
- Reported:Assessment centres for European summer internships run roughly from September to DecemberSource: eFinancialCareers and Imperial College London careers service
Practise this format
- Numerical reasoningTables and charts against the clock
- Verbal reasoningTrue, False or Cannot say on short passages
- Inductive-logical reasoningFind the rule in shape patterns and grids
- Situational judgementRank or choose actions in workplace scenarios
- Recorded video interview6 questions, 60s prep / 2 min answer, one take each
- Final-round interview questionsCompetency, motivation and division questions
Sources
Details change between recruitment cycles, so your invite and the employer's own pages have the final word
- Official:
- The employer or organisation says it on its own website or in its own documents
- Reported:
- From surveys, news, candidate reports or prep sites, not the employer's own pages
- Unverified:
- Sources disagree or the evidence is thin, so treat it as a possibility
Employer pages
- UBS: Spring insight page, live September 2026
- UBS: Early careers FAQ, live September 2026
- UBS: Graduate programme page, live September 2026
- UBS: How the firm hires, live September 2026
Guides, trackers and prep sites
- Trackr: Spring week timeline for 2027, September 2026, opening dates estimated from earlier cycles
- AptitudePrep: Online assessment guide, 2026
- JobTestPrep: Assessment test preparation, 2026
- GraduatesFirst: Job tests overview, 2026
- GraduatesFirst: Inductive test guide, 2026
- Game Assessment Prep: Process summary, reviewed September 2026
- GraduatesFirst: Culture assessment guide, updated 15 June 2026
- JobTestPrep: Spring week preparation, 2026
- Glassdoor: Spring insight interview reviews, undated reviews, listed in 2026
- GraduatesFirst: Interview guide, updated 15 June 2026
- Intervyo: UK finance application tracker, snapshot from mid-September 2026, dates shown without years
- Trackr: Summer 2027 internship timeline, September 2026, opening months estimated from earlier cycles
- eFinancialCareers and Imperial College London careers service: Careers in banking and financial markets 2025 to 2026, PDF, September 2025