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).
A series of informal phone interviews and a strong assurance that I would be joining the firm, and it being just a matter of days. Days turned into weeks, until I finally found out they had chosen a different candidate.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Jefferies (New York, NY) in Sep 2017
Interview
first round phone screen with one of the 2 alums from my school
next was in office super day (did not make it past first round, but some classmates did)
The interview process started with a call with HR. It moved onto a second round with an associate, then a 3rd round with an analyst, then a case study, which was followed by the super day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
14x14
Spontaneous scenario questions
My insight into the specific group and the industry