Lazard·Investment Banking Analyst

Lazard Investment Banking Analyst interview experience

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New York, NYPosted Oct 2016 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through an early round that leaned almost entirely on motivation and fit.

The first phone call focused on why investment banking, and it even included a comparison question about why I wasn’t choosing consulting instead. There weren’t any technical questions in that screening, which made the interview feel more like an alignment check.

After that, I had further interviews that were also kept pretty simple in tone. The people I spoke with were friendly, and the overall process felt straightforward rather than technical from the start.

I didn’t end up getting an offer, but the experience still felt manageable because the early steps weren’t trying to trap me with

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