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).
HR interview and then superday, part of the graduate program recruitment. During Superday, it’s one on one for 3 rounds, then case study in the afternoon. You have 1hr to prepare the case study and do a presentation in front of the peers and interviewers. Everyone is presenting the same case. Make sure you stand out.
Zoom Call - very relaxed, they were very interested in learning about you as a person not just achievements on paper which was nice, as well as what you knew of the division you were applying to
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us something you like to do in your spare time
In the first round, asked basic behavioral questions like: What are your strengths and weaknesses, didn't make it to the second round and heard back within 3 weeks of interview. Pretty easy, no technical