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).
zoom super day, quite easy. 4 rounds with 3 ppl each and mostly behavioral and experience-based questions, know about the company and its overall standing. know CEO of company and know what a middle mkt bank is.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Jefferies in Mar 2018
Interview
I applied online and got invited for a phone interview. It was 30-minute long and it was an employee working in regulations who interviewed me. He started by asking me about my CV and about myself and then asked more technical questions on the financial crisis and the regulations in place today to prevent financial crises from happening again.
I applied online. I interviewed at Jefferies in Sep 2020
Interview
Had an interview over zoom with two members of the business. Was generally asked about finance technicals and my resume. The interview overall lasted roughly 30 minutes with time to ask questions at the end.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are the main valuation methods? How would you rank them? What are the three financial statements?