UBS Makes AI Proficiency an Explicit Hiring Bar for 2027 Junior Investment Banker Class

The Swiss bank is telling graduate and intern candidates in its global banking and markets division that starting with the 2027 intake, AI fluency will sit alongside academics and finance aptitude as an explicit hiring criterion, per FT's Simon Foy. UBS wants applicants who can already use AI for research, modelling and first drafts — and who know when the model is wrong. It is the first major global investment bank to codify AI literacy as an entry gate rather than an on-the-job skill to be trained.