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 online. I interviewed at Jefferies in Jan 2021
Interview
First round interview was good with some fit questions and then technical questions. The interviewer was nice and the questions were simple. The interview was over zoom. Then a super day, 3 short interviews, 20 mins each.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Fit:
Why IB and why Jefferies?
What do you think investment bankers do?
What do you think makes an analyst a good one?
What skills did you learn in your previous internship?
Technical:
What are the three financial statements?
If you could only look at two of them, which ones would you choose?
What methods do you use to evaluate companies?
What are some important multiples to look at when using comparable multiple?
I applied online. I interviewed at Jefferies (Detroit, MI) in Jan 2021
Interview
Pretty easy interview on site and with the investment company. The interviews was maybe 30 mins long each but not to hard just go in with confidence and let your experience show
Made it to two rounds, first with recruiter and then with manager. Pretty informal, not a lot of behavioral questions. Nice interviewers. Hard to get a sense for the actual job.