Jefferies phone interview tomorrow morning out-of-nowhere!! Help please!!

Relax, it's doubtful they will grill you on the phone. Do yourself a favor and if you can't find deals they've worked on frmo their website, look to Capital IQ, factiva, other news databases, etc. and start punching in the names of guys on the team, and the bank/group itself.

Know the basic layup questions cold, be calm, sound friendly and amiable. I doubt Jeffries would throw you for a loop on the phone, but just make sure you treat it like you're talking to someone you know.

Good luck! JEF is solid!

I very much doubt they're going to ask you perplexing questions over the phone. Besides, VPs enjoy feeding off your angst and anxiety in person, it's not as amusing over the phone.
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know whats going on in the space right now, ie microsoft/yahoo, downturn in advertising, google and aapl missing, etc

Apple didn't miss, they exceeded, just sent warning signs about next quarter and Jobs is sick. But they didnt miss estimates I dont believe. Am I wrong?

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they didn't miss. like you said, warning signs about last quarter and job's cancer rumors.

One of my buddies actually works for Jefferies. From my understanding, the whole interview process was based on technicals and brainteasers. I doubt you will get a technical over the phone, but do expect a brainteaser or two. i'll email from friend to ask about the interview, if he gets back to me by tonight, Ill pm you. Goodluck and relax.

Thanks so much everyone!! Yeah I think I'm fairly well prepared at this point aside from the possible brain teasers but if I relax I should be able to show a good thought process. Anyways thanks for your help and we'll see what happens tomorrow.

Go to ibankingfaq.com and you will find some popular brainteasers. It is somewhat difficult to prepare for these type of questions, but it is good practice. Goodluck again.

i never had a phone interview from Jefferies but from some other boutiques.

Why ibanking? what do you want to be in the future?
How did you hear about Jefferies? Why Jefferies?
Why your school?
Why finance/accounting/your major?
Why tech?
Walk me thru your resume.
What "value add" do you bring to our firm?
What is CAGR, PEG, Economic Value Added, Sum of parts?
Walk me through a DCF? Does it apply to all equity firms?
Walk me thru the fin statements when you buy a machine on credit.
What is cheaper? debt or equity? why?
Any questions?

Are you interviewing with the Waltham, MA office? If so, PM me, I interviewed there, got an offer, and mulled for a long while about taking the offer over 3 other BBs. Great, GREAT office of guys. Don't know much about the NYC office though.

Update: Wow complete shocker that the call was very casual and went very smoothly. No technicals or brain teasers. But yeah I'm not letting my guard down because I know it's gonna be much harder during the on-site interview. Anyways thanks everyone and if you have any advice for the on-site interview I'd really appreciate it.

Good luck to all of us!!

Hi guys...just got the offer over the phone yesterday. All your advice were right on...thanks so much to everyone!!

How was the on-site interview? What was asked?