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).
Smooth, kind, technical
People interviewing me were generally kind, wanted to really know who I am and at the same time wanted to know if I was really interested in equity
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Jefferies (New York, NY) in Sep 2025
Interview
A 20-minute virtual interview followed by an hour of 3 different virtual interviews back to back to back. Mostly behavioral questions, some bond-specific technicals. The first call was a quick screening.
Very tough interview, was against 40 other candidates from top schools while I came from a small school. Many of the questions were technical to see your understanding about the position you were applying for.
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