Company details

Zurich, Switzerland

HEADCOUNT

10000+

ORG TYPE

Corporate

SECTOR

Finance

WEBSITE

https://www.ubs.com/

About the company

UBS is a global financial services firm best known for wealth management, investment banking, asset management, and banking services. UBS serves private clients, institutions, and corporates, with a large footprint across major financial centres. The company also runs significant technology and operations teams that support trading, advisory, and client platforms worldwide. UBS is headquartered in Switzerland and operates across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific.

Locations and presence

UBS has headquarters in Zurich and Basel and major hubs including London, New York/New Jersey, Singapore, and Hong Kong. UBS advertises hybrid-working options and flexible working hours where the role and location allow.

Palpable Score

70.7

/ 100

UBS provides strong early-career access through multiple structured routes, including an 18–24-month Graduate Talent Program, summer internships, off-cycle internships, and Swiss apprenticeships. UBS sets clear expectations on stages and assessments, but UBS also states the company cannot provide detailed feedback after rejections, which limits transparency for first-time applicants. Early-career outcomes look positive in pathway design and cohort scale, but publicly available conversion, retention, and promotion metrics are limited and the wider post-acquisition restructuring environment adds uncertainty in some teams.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

17.0

/ 20

The company runs an 18–24-month Graduate Talent Program with rotations in most divisions and eligibility rules that include “graduated within the last two years” in several regions.
UBS offers multiple internship entry points, including a Summer Internship Program and a paid Off-Cycle Internship Program that explicitly mentions a possible route into the Graduate Talent Program.
The company provides non-degree early-career routes in Switzerland, including a 3-year banking apprenticeship, 4-year ICT apprenticeships, and the 18-month BEM bank-entry programme, plus earlier-stage insight options such as Tomorrow’s Talent.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

13.0

/ 20

The company publishes a step-by-step process for graduate hiring that includes CV submission, online assessments (verbal, numerical, inductive-logical, and culture match), pre-recorded video interviews, and final-round interviews.
UBS sets concrete assessment rules that reduce ambiguity, including a seven-day completion window, no retakes, and clear guidance on requesting adjustments for accessibility needs.
The company states the company cannot give detailed feedback after rejection from assessments or video interviews, and candidate-reported experiences frequently describe multi-stage screening with variable timelines between stages.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

15.7

/ 20

The company describes a structured learning journey inside the Graduate Talent Program, including a two-day induction, “Ready 4 Work” training, a power-skills curriculum, and a career-empowerment workshop, with a buddy and Junior Talent team support.
UBS outlines concrete internship support for off-cycle interns, including a buddy system, Junior Talent team help, and planned sessions such as case studies, business talks, and networking opportunities.
The company runs UBS University and formal learning and development offerings (including topics like AI and data literacy), and Swiss apprenticeship pages describe named support roles such as a Practical Advisor and a Junior Talent Manager.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

13.3

/ 20

The company publishes pay ranges for some roles in the United States job board, including roles labelled “Intern,” with location-specific salary range statements.
UBS describes off-cycle internships as paid and positions both summer and off-cycle internships as structured work experiences rather than informal placements.
The company does not consistently publish pay ranges for early-career programs across regions on the main early-careers pages, which limits pay transparency for many graduates comparing offers.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

11.7

/ 20

The company has publicly shared large Graduate Talent Program cohort onboarding, including a recent intake of 340+ graduates across hubs such as London, New York, Zurich and Singapore, which signals scale and shared early-career onboarding.
UBS states many Swiss apprentices move into permanent roles and also highlights a further internal junior talent program (JUNA) as a next step after apprenticeship.
The company does not publish consistent early-career outcome metrics such as internship return-offer rates, Graduate Talent Program completion rates, or time-to-promotion by track, and public reporting on ongoing integration-related workforce reductions makes long-term predictability harder to judge in some functions.