Lazard Investment Banking Video Interview Questions
Hey!
I have just received an invitation to do a Lazard Video Interview for a role as UK intern. Has anyone done this specific interview before? What type of questions should I expect?
Thanks a lot!
Lazard Summer Analyst Video Interview
User @Bogs-Bugs" shared their experience:
"Bogs-Bugs"5 questions x 2 mins each. Questions were: incident when you learnt your weakness, why IB, why Lazard, how can you contribute and anything interesting about you, etc. Very basic and easy.
User @gman999" shared the questions that were confirmed to be the same for all applicants:
"gman999"
- Why investment banking (you need to answer why M&A)
- Why Lazard and how does Lazard differentiate itself from competitors and how do you fit Lazard (all in one question).
- Greatest weakness
- When did you show leadership/teamwork?
- Why should we choose you over other candidates?
Sample Answer for Greatest Weakness:
One of my greatest weaknesses is the difficultly that I have delegating tasks when working in a leadership position. I frequently have a very clear vision of how I would like things to be completed which can lead to overextension of my schedule. For example – while on the executive board of the Economics Society I hosted an event meant to reach out to more women and get them interested in the major and the club. I had a more junior member of the club assigned to help me; however, I ended up delegating very little to her which resulted in the event monopolizing my time which led to me offering less effort to some other tasks on my plate. While the event was successful – I was committed to developing my delegation skills. When hosting this same event during this past semester I was able to successfully delegate more of my work to the co-planner by focusing on the fact that there is not just one right way of doing things and the event went off without a hitch.
It is important to note that you can stop the interview whenever you want.
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interested as well!
Hey, I will have the same for my spring internship, have you passed it ? Do you remember the questions ? Thanks
Hey,
I have been invited today to complete the video until 1st of September. Can anyone help me? What questions do they ask?
thanks
Hey, How long did it take before you heard back after the video interview?
Thank
A couple of days, think may take longer because of the among of applications that they have to review
Basic competency, nothing hard
Besides why Lazard and IB what else?
Mate, I dont think its fair to give questions away but consider the fact the interview is 20 mins and there are 5 basic competency questions
5 qns x 2 mins each. Incident when you learnt your weakness, why IB, why Laz, how can you contribute and anything interesting about you, etc. Very basic and easy
Hey mate! Do you have to fulfill the 2 minutes, or can you stop whenever?
You can stop it whenever you want
Did you hear back/how long did it take?
Was this for the full time analyst program or the summer analyst program?
is this the same for the finantial advisory grad scheme?
yep
Any news from your interview?
yeah rejected just now
How long did it take you to hear back?
Had my interview on Wednesday, how long did it take people to hear back whether you got it or not?
Probably a stupid question, but does it matter to some extent what you wear in the video interview? Would just a shirt work?
I was wearing a white shirt, that's it. Haven't heard back for 10 days..
completed my interview today.. botched up one question. Probably not gonna move to the next stage. Oh well...
What were the questions you got asked besides why investment banking and why Lazard?
Thanks
questions are literally above
Could someone explain to me what an assessment centre is haha? I did the video interview yesterday and got an invite for assessment centre today. What kind of written case study can I expect and how should I prepare?
Also interested. How did your assessment centre go?
Someone told me these are the questions that come up for the video interview for Lazard can someone verify these please?
1) Why investment banking (you need to answer why M&A)
2) Why Lazard and how does lazard differentiate itself from competitors and how do you fit lazard (all in one question).
3) Greatest weakness
4) When did you show leadership/teamwork?
5) Why should we chose you over other candidates?
... just do the thing man if you're prepared you'll be fine.
Yes these are the questions
Hi folks,
Did anybody come along any other questions that have been asked during the video interview, besides the ones mentioned before?
Would be grateful !
Instead of leadership/teamwork, I got "tell us a time when you dealt with conflicting priorities."
BUMP I also got this question that referred back to the first half of the "video" written assessment. Phrased as: How would you have dealt with a competing conflict?
Does everyone get to complete the verbal and sjt test before the video interview or do they rule out candidates before these stages?
Thanks
They screen candidates before sending the tests, and screen again at the video interview.
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