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).
Short process consisting of 30 minute phone screen followed by 3- 20 minute interviews during superday. Mix of technical and fit related questions during phone screen and superday. Whole process took around 1 week.
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walk me through DCF valuation and industry analysis, describe your expertise in capital market sales and equity research, list your achievement and awards in past 5 years, discuss a US listed company and your analysis framework
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walk me through DCF valuation and industry analysis
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Jefferies (Hongkong) in Mar 2023
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I was interviewed by two VPs. They are very nice and patient. The process went on smoothly but it took almost 3 weeks after the second round interview till I got rejected
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You thought on the recent market, probability questions, why this position, why Jefferies