Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Jefferies as 66.7% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.17 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Equity Research and Analyst rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Equity Sales and Equity Research roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Jefferies takes an average of 55 days when considering 6 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Praktikant M&A had the quickest hiring process (on average 5 days), whereas Equity Research roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 150 days).
First round interview was with some associates that ran through my resume with me and asked some basic questions like why Jefferies and Why ECM. Overall, it was not that bad you just need an understanding of ECM markets and good communication skills.
I applied online. I interviewed at Jefferies (New York, NY) in Mar 2026
Interview
The interview was one-on-one and around 30 minutes. The overall experience is good but the interviewer pushed to details about one of my research program. Tell me about yourself, Why Jefferies.
HR screen via phone then first round with VP via zoom. Zoom wasn’t very technical and VP was very easy to speak with. Expressed they were looking for someone with a solid amount of experience for analyst position but still really enjoyed speaking with them.
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