I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Jefferies (New York, NY) in Oct 2024
Interview
I had a remote interview where I was asked
Go through your resume
Specific questions about my strengths and how people would describe me and then technical questions. The interview was about an hour long and they waited several weeks to get back to me
The interview process consisted of a phone screen, a first round interview, and finally a superday. This was all conducted via zoom and the process was relatively quick. It was roughly two weeks from start to finish.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is one company that you think would make an interesting m&a opportunity right now?
I applied online. I interviewed at Jefferies (London, England)
Interview
The Jefferies interview process was unexpectedly slow and drawn-out. While the content remained standard for investment banking—focusing on typical technical and behavioural questions—the overall length was disappointing. I found the timeline unnecessarily long compared to other firms, which impacted my overall candidate experience.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Jefferies
Interview
Interviewed with SVP, 2 VPs, Associate, and analyst over 1 week and received offer within 3 weeks. Technical questions were industry specific and behavioral ones focused on capacity to work long hours and desire to work at Jefferies in the specific group.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What makes you think you can work the long hours required of this role?
Investment Banking Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Jefferies with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 55% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Investment Banking Analyst roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 69 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Jefferies overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Jefferies as a Investment Banking Analyst according to 69 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Phone interview: 19%
Group panel interview: 18%
Skills test: 14%
Personality test: 6%
Background check: 5%
Presentation: 4%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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