Lazard Investment Banking Analyst interview experience

I had limited notice—at times less than a day—and it showed in how the questions landed. When I got the chance to interview, I felt like I was being pushed to handle basically every finance topic they could throw at me, and the expectation was that I’d have done serious reading beforehand, especially around restructuring.

The interview flow itself was heavy, with multiple people and long stretches of back-to-back conversations. I ended up with a larger superday where I spoke with members of a whole industry M&A group, with several interviews running in parallel or in quick succession. The