Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at UBS as 50% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.75 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for AML Compliance Officer and Business Analyst rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for AML Compliance Officer and Telephone Interviewer roles were rated as the easiest.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at UBS (Jersey City, NJ) in Mar 2009
Interview
Initial Phone screen that very basic - interface versus classes, abstract classes etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Question regarding the design - Abstract Factory pattern implementation (Code). Consumer/Producer design pattern pseudo code, concurrency question: How to implement consumer/producer with new JDK 5 (at that time - JDK 5 was new). Questions regarding Spring - difference between SimpleJdbcTemplate and JdbcTemplate. Nothing in particular that would stumble you or caught off gaurd.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at UBS in Apr 2013
Interview
Found posting online, then given a phone interview which was general behavioral questions but they also asked some things about the current state of financial markets. Really great experience. Then went to corporate where there were three separate interviews (one was two people) and they asked all behavioral questions. Overall great experience.