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).
Moderate technical interview process (the usual investment banking technical questions like DCF, recent deals, industry overview), interviewers do not have a good attitude and employees do not seem to like their jobs
I applied online. I interviewed at Jefferies in May 2022
Interview
the first round is one 30 min interview with one person consisting of basic behavioral questions. The 2nd round or superday was 3 20 min interviews each with 2 people, mix of technicals and behavioral questions
very in-depth, asking thorough questions, and what-if scenarios. Have to act quickly and in a calm manner. Want to see if capable of more than the bare minimum, and idk what else to say