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).
Feeder school has typical week with all investment banking interviews on campus. Second round is a power day in the office. Memorize breaking into Wall Street guide and understand all concepts of finance
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Jefferies (New York, NY) in Jan 2020
Interview
Reached out to an alumni who passed me on to other bankers Analyst-VP level. Had a 30 minute first round. Standard tell me about yourself followed by 25 minutes of banking technicals. The final round consisted of3 interviews: 2MDs 1VP. The VP grilled me on technicals to the point of failure.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Jefferies (London, England) in Nov 2019
Interview
30 min telephone interview for first stage, one to one with someone from former alumni, asked why me, why investment banking, why jefferies specifically and why not a big investment bank, then lots of technical questions