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 (New York, NY)
Interview
video calls, in person chats - probing a lot about personal experience and why there's interest in joining the firm. met with multiple members of the team, incredibly friendly and engaging process
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you consider to be your strengths and weaknesses?
hr screening. 3 rounds total. Ghosted after final round and learned they hired someone internal and always planned to. Pretty unprofessional to speak to 5 people and not even get an email.
did the diversity symposium which was followed by a in person superday right after, very chill process everyone was very friendly, 4 back to back interviews with juniors and seniors