No HR interview. Direct interview with a line manager and a PO. Interview started with the line manager asking about one or two qualifications irrelevant to the job opening and job description, which was a bit unsettling. During a discussion about product ownership, it became apparent that the product owner and the line manager were surprised to learn that the PO needs to have a strong grasp and understanding of the backlog and the product itself. It didn't seem to be the case, and this lack of understanding raised some concerns for me about their implementation of product management within their department.

I applied for the role online at UBS about 2 months ago. After about a month of waiting, the status of the application changed to ‘in review’. Another month passed and they reposted the role online. The status remains ‘in review’ Nobody from UBS has bothered to contact me simply to say you’re out of the process or you’re in the process. There is no mechanism or email address to contact their recruitment team. This has left me with a very poor option of the organisation. It’s so important to treat people as people, not numbers.