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).
Superday consisted of five 30 minute interviews. Mix of behavioral/fit and technicals with 5 different members of the team. Overall, the technicals were not the most challenging and the interviewer would try to work with the candidate.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Jefferies (New York, NY)
Interview
No hirevue, first round with an associate, 30 minutes long, basic behavioral and technical questions, after that a super day with 3 people back to back 30 minutes each. Easy, basic a lot of fit questions and need to know macro trends.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why this industry, why this company, walk me through your resume
I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Jefferies (London, England) in Mar 2024
Interview
This was for the Risk Placement Year.
Selective for the Online Assessment.
Smooth interview with the team going forward.
1st Telephone
2nd Zoom
Final Assessment Centre
The AC consisted of 3 interviews.
1 with the HR
1 with an Analyst & MD
1 with the Global Head and MD
Not very technical but there were a few questions on python and excel.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you understand about Jefferies and their risk team?