UBS interview and online assessments, explained.

The steps below are UBS's own for graduates and interns. Its job postings say it may reject an application automatically if you don't pass a required online assessment. The technical details come from candidates in India; Swiss and Polish accounts weren't available. The problem candidates raise most is uncertainty: thousands of jobs cut since the Credit Suisse takeover, more planned, and slow offer letters.

UBS's careers page names four online assessments and gives you seven days to complete them. Its job postings name the providers it shares data with for assessments: Aon, Korn Ferry, HackerRank and Modern Hire. UBS doesn't say which provider runs which test. Technology candidates also report a HackerRank technical test.

• Verbal reasoning: Short passages followed by statements you judge true, false or unknown from the text alone. Read only what the passage says; your own knowledge of the topic is the most common trap.
• Numerical reasoning: Tables and charts with percentage, ratio and currency questions. Read the units and the question before the table, and practise quick mental arithmetic with a calculator to hand.
• Inductive-logical reasoning: Sequences of shapes or patterns where you find the rule and choose the next one. Look for one change at a time: rotation, count, position, shading.
• UBS Culture Match: Realistic work scenarios where you choose the most effective course of action, in line with UBS's principles and behaviours. Read UBS's stated principles before you start, and choose the response that solves the problem honestly and involves the right people.
• HackerRank technical test (reported for technology roles): Candidates describe multiple-choice questions on programming, databases, operating systems and networks, then one or two coding problems, easy to medium, in about 60 to 90 minutes. Do the coding problem you're surest of first. One 2025 candidate noted questions that rendered badly; if that happens, note it and tell the recruiter.
• The rules: Complete the tests within seven days of the invitation, on your own: UBS bans AI and outside support in every assessment and interview. A failed required assessment can lead to automatic rejection, so take them rested and in one sitting each.

UBS says the Culture Match scenarios test choices in line with its principles and behaviours, and the rest of the process keeps returning to the same few things.

• Choices in line with UBS's principles. The Culture Match gives realistic work scenarios and asks for the most effective response
• Reasoning under time pressure. Verbal, numerical and inductive-logical tests decide who goes forward
• Doing it yourself. UBS explicitly bans AI and outside help in every assessment and interview
• Practical technical basics. Candidates report Java, object-oriented programming, SQL, operating systems and networks in the test and interviews
• Using AI responsibly on the job. The Zurich graduate postings ask you to show how experimental, responsible use of AI improved outcomes

UBS doesn't publish its questions. The behavioural and scenario questions below are practice in the shape of the Culture Match and the interviews; the technical themes follow what candidates report.

Levels.fyi figures for UBS software engineers in Greater Zurich, read on 8 October 2026; the median total pay is CHF 120,709. UBS's New York and New Jersey technology graduate posting gives a base salary of USD 105,000 to 110,000.

1. Read the posting's requirements before applying: the Zurich graduate programme asks for a Swiss GPA of 4.5 or above, and UBS limits how many applications you can make.
2. Practise verbal, numerical and inductive reasoning tests under time pressure before the invitation arrives; you have seven days once it does.
3. Read UBS's principles and behaviours before the Culture Match, and answer each scenario as you would really act at work.
4. For technology roles, revise object-oriented programming, databases, operating systems and networks, and practise one or two easy-to-medium coding problems in an hour.
5. Do every test yourself: UBS bans AI and outside help in all assessments and interviews.
6. Rehearse the recorded video: dress as for an interview, look at the camera, and keep answers concise.
7. Prepare one example of using AI responsibly at work or university, with how you checked the result.
8. Have references and documents ready, and keep other applications going; candidates report slow offer letters.

This guide covers UBS's technology hiring for graduates, interns and experienced engineers. For management and leadership roles the loop is similar but the bar shifts to people, delivery and strategy, so pair it with the leadership interview prep hub. The bar for your exact role comes from the role-by-role guides, and the prep that actually transfers is spoken, so run a mock interview before the real one.

Also interviewing at Booking.com, Zalando or Delivery Hero? Their guides follow the same format, from the first screen to the offer.

• 01UBS, Early careersthe four online assessments (verbal, numerical, inductive-logical reasoning and the UBS Culture Match), the seven-day window, the recorded video interview and the final interviews (read 9 October 2026)
• 02UBS, Career FAQassessments and interviews completed without AI or outside support, and at most five professional applications a month (read 9 October 2026)
• 03UBS, Professional careersthe Culture Match, a cognitive assessment and a video interview for junior roles, then interviews; a credit check and references at the offer stage
• 04UBS, Summer Internship Programapplication limits and opening dates by region
• 05UBS, Graduate Talent Program, Software Engineer, Zurichthe GPA and experience requirements, AI use, the assessment providers (Aon, Korn Ferry, HackerRank, Modern Hire) and automatic rejection after a failed assessment
• 06LeetCode Discuss, UBS fresher in Pune (September 2025)a culture assessment, an Aon test and a HackerRank test with multiple-choice and coding questions, then technical and HR rounds
• 07LeetCode Discuss, UBS summer intern (August 2026)multiple-choice, output prediction, pseudo-code and a CPU performance scenario, then a group case presentation
• 08GeeksforGeeks, UBS on-campus software engineer (2024)40 multiple-choice questions and one medium-to-hard coding problem
• 09UBS, Our workforce105,236 employees at the end of 2025, a third in Switzerland
• 10SonntagsBlick, UBS to cut 10,000 more jobs (December 2025)further cuts by 2027 after the Credit Suisse takeover, including around 3,000 dismissals in Switzerland
• 11Levels.fyi, UBS Software Engineer, Greater Zurichmedians by level, read 8 October 2026

Interview processes change. This reflects widely-reported and sourced conditions as of 2026 — confirm specifics with your recruiter, and treat it as a map rather than a guarantee.