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 (Hongkong) in Feb 2025
Interview
Three rounds, most of them are behavioral question.
first round - screening round, introduction
second round intro, passion, investment framework, recent focus of the market, any pitch recently
thrid round - with head of research little bit stressful
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Jefferies (London, England) in Nov 2024
Interview
SHL online test followed with first interview asking basic behaviorals (TMAY, a time when..., why this role, etc) and technicals (debt vs equity, state of the market, future interest predictions, etc)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Where are interest rates now and where do you think they'll be a year from now?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Jefferies (Atlanta, GA) in Feb 2025
Interview
First round: online with an analyst
Superday interview: in-person and on campus, 5 rounds of 20 mins each (analyst, associate, VP, 2 MDs), behavioral and technicals mixed into each room
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
My first round interview questions:
TMAY
Why Banking
Why Jefferies
Resume related Qs
Time you’ve experienced challenge within team setting?
Biggest strength
Biggest weakness?
How would someone else describe you?
Jefferies deal?
EQ vs TEV? Formulas?
What makes a good LBO candidate?
Highest and lowest valuation methods?