Jefferies Equity Research Spring Week Programmer interview questions
Updated Feb 18, 2026
based on 4 ratings
Difficulty
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Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
100%
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Applied online
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Equity Research Spring Week Programmer applicants have rated the interview process at Jefferies with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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Standard two back to back interviews. 20 minutes each, first you are put in a waiting room and then distributed to your interviewer, where you are mostly asked based on your experiences and cv
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Jefferies (London, England) in Jan 2021
Interview
I applied online. After an online test, I was invited to a 30 minutes zoom interview with an associate. It was the final stage of the process. I was asked about my CV, why I chose this university and programme, and what characteristics a good research has
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you want to learn during this programme? Why equity research?
1 round - 30 mins - F2F Zoom interview.
It consistented of the general: Why Jefferies, Why Equity Research, Tell me about yourself stuff
Then competency/strength based questions surrounding things like dealing with difficulty, working in teams and alike