Jefferies·Investment Banking Analyst

Jefferies Investment Banking Analyst interview experience

No offer

Hard

Positive

London, EnglandPosted May 2018 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I got pulled into the process quickly—I was asked to come in the next day, and the interviews were immediately intense.

There were two interviews set up with two interviewers each, and the focus was very technical.

What surprised me most was how concentrated it was: the discussion centered a lot on LBOs, and it was clearly tied to what I’d written on my CV. The questions weren’t just asking whether I’d heard of the topic—they pushed into how I thought about it.

I didn’t end up getting an offer, and walking out I felt like I’d been evaluated narrowly on technical depth. The upside was that it was clear what mattered; the downside was that there wasn’t much room to recover if I didn’t answer precisely on the

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