UBS 2027 Online Assessment and ModernHire Video Interview Answers

1.Online application on jobs.ubs.com — Apply with a CV; UBS says cover letters are not requested in most regions. Application caps differ by region: one UK plus one EMEA role per academic year, a maximum of three in the US, Switzerland and APAC, up to five per month in Poland.

2.Four online assessments, auto-sent, seven days — Verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning, inductive-logical reasoning and UBS Culture Match, assigned by business area. Timed reasoning tests plus an untimed situational judgment test — not games. No retakes, and missing the window withdraws your application.

3.Pre-recorded video interview — UBS: "After passing our online assessments (and if you’re a good fit), you might receive a link to record your video interview." UBS adds that its people, not AI, make the decisions.

Practice recorded answers

4.Final assessment day — Described officially as a series of interviews, virtual or in person, with senior leaders. Candidates in investment banking describe a superday of back-to-back interviews.

What comes after the tests

5.Offer, background and reference checks — The India and Poland careers pages list background checks and reference verification as the final step. The global early-careers pages do not spell this out.

How you pass

Build a compact market thesis. Give the event one sentence, the initial repricing one sentence, then spend most of the answer on mechanism, variation, and the next signal.

Name the prior expectation. Explain the reference point that made the event informative.

Identify the first-order effect. Show the most direct impact on earnings assumptions or valuation.

Add a second-order effect. Consider confidence, financing conditions, competition, or demand where relevant.

Stress-test the view. State one plausible counterforce or alternative interpretation.