Jefferies & Company Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details I got an email informing me with congratulations that I was selected for a 2nd round of phone interview for the Summer Internship. The phone interview then was conducted within 2 days. I picked the time of the following day. It's shorter than 30 minutes talk

 resume questions such as

Tell me your work experience
Tell me a project you do
Tell me what you understand about operational roles? why you have tech skills but are willing to do operational work?
Why you choose Jefferies

Interview Details Got the phone call from HR and asked me to have a onsite interview. The office locates in San Francisco's Financial District. And the job position is about the equity research analyst for semi-conductor area. F2F with the two people, one is MD, another is VP. Both are very nice,

Interview Details The interview process took an extremely, extremely, extremely long time. Nearly eight months passed between first interview to final offer.

Negotiation Details – Their offer was market standard so there wasn't much need to negotiate.

Interview Details Online application at my target school, followed by a first round interview at campus. Interviewer's didn't seem too interested and were busy in their phones. Questions were mainly fit, with a few basic technicals.

Interview Details Approached by agency. London people enthusiastic and process quick. New York process slow and people seemed more lethargic.

Interview Details On campus recruiting: first round on campus, then final rounds at Jefferies

Off campus recruiting: call, then final rounds

First rounds are 30-45 minutes, final rounds are 3-5 hours long and comprise of senior and junior bankers for technical and fit interviews.

It's important to do well on both technical and fit interviews, but if the most senior banker likes you, you're typically set provided there are no major hesitations from your other interviewers.

Questions are mostly related to accounting, valuation methodologies, deals in the industry, why IB, what does an analyst do, why would you be a good analyst, what are your major strengths and weaknesses, etc.

Negotiation Details – Yes, more powerful if you have competitive offers

Interview Details Submit my resume on the school career website. Got the initial interview. I prepared lots of technical questions but did not get asked any of them. The first round was a behavioral one and steps through the resume. I didn't get into the second round, maybe its because I am not a CS major.

Interview Details Mostly technical questions while a few focus on behavior.

Interview Details Targetted at my school for on-campus interviews. Mainly fit. A couple walk me through 3 financial statements, tell me as much as you know about an LBO, How are the 3 statements linked, Talk to me about the different valuation methods.

Superday mainly fit couple technicals same 1s as listed above