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).
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Jefferies
Interview
Started off with 2 phone interviews and then a superday with 4 interviews in the new york office. Asked a lot about my prior working experience. I had one brain teaser and asked if I had a personal portfolio of investments
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Jefferies (New York, NY)
Interview
Typical hiring process consisting of HR screening then invitation to superday where you interview with dozens of other prospective banking analysts. Emails and feedback were prompt, offer was extended within 48 hours after superday.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: Walk me through how the 3 financial statements are connected.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Jefferies (New York, NY) in Oct 2017
Interview
on campus interview -> onsite interview
very straight forward process. The company moves very, very fast in terms of interviewing. In my case you will get the notification to second round days later, and final round is scheduled to be the very next week.
The superday made me realize that Jefferies has awesome team environment. From HR to managing director, everyone tries their best to help you.
Interview questions:
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basic java (OOP concepts)
basic algorithms and how to improve them
views on quantitative finance models, describe parameters, assumptions, and improvements
resume question - I think they place the importance of how you envision each project can go, rather than if you know every nuance details of them.
----behavior----
not much, but the whole interview process is more like chatting with older friends so just be yourself