Lazard SA 2018

NYC wbu

I applied to NYC and haven't heard anything yet.

Yup. General process opened on Aug 7

havn't heard back for accelerated first round

Me either... Hopefully by the end of the day?

Not yet

Ny office ?

For regular or accelerate round still?

Is this for accelerated or standard?

Had first round with Chicago yesterday, they might still be working on sending out NY?

depends on the school? I go to a core school for Lazard and including myself I know 4 people that got first round call. for the accelerated process. Then again, we do also have a OCR

What school?

Did you hear back via phone or email?

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anyone heard back for Houston superday?

early superday next Friday

Decision for Chicago Rx is supposed to be in a week

Hey, has anyone received superday notice from Laz? I thought early superdays were 18th and 25th and I didn't hear back, so I thought I wasn't chosen.

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when's the super?

Think it's like half and half from what I heard

Which office? SF?

for me, it was just average in terms of being technical. how to calculate fcf? or why is minority interest added back to ebitda to calculate comps? capital structure? why banking? most of it was talking about my prior summer exp (this was for both sa and ft recrutiing)

then again, i was in a regional office for finals that did both restructuring/m&a. ultimately decided not to wait for them to decide and accepted with another firm. i believe what usually happens is that in the ny office, you are either m&a or restrucutring. they have a dedicated pool of restructuring analysts.

might be wrong though.

I did not get any restructuring questions. I did get a fairly complex accounting question and I did not nail it 100%, but the guys told me they didn't expect me to. It actually wasn't that bad, but I'm not too strong on accounting. I got some finance questions as well, but basic stuff. The superday was very technical, but more finance-heavy than accounting, which I was happy with. But I imagine each office has a different process with different questions... your deal could be way different than mine.

Good luck and feel free to PM me with any more questions.

How long did it take you guys to hear back about offers after your final round?

Thanks guys. I appreciate the feedback.

Bump! I have a Summer Associate Superday coming up and I have no idea how technical it is going to get. I have only a faint grasp of Restructuring and I am scared shitless.

I had an insane interview (mind you this was a first round phone). Brainteasers, off the wall questions, advanced technicals, strange behaviorals. Good luck.

noobmonkey, Was this for their NY office? Could you please give a few examples of these questions? Also, do you know if they are indeed moving away from the standard banking interview questions and is this happening for all of their offices?

Thanks.

I'm not sure about the second part, it was just a rumor I heard floating around the school. I may have been the exception and not the norm, but sample questions would be if you were a color, what color would you be and why?, how many ping pong balls type questions, etc.

Noob, Thanks for the feedback. I would also like to know these advance technical questions that you got.

The way my interview went, I actually probably would say that the brainteaser/random questions were more important than the technicals. Anyone can learn valuation in a few weeks on the job, but you can't learn how to think on your feet or synthesize seemingly random information to come to a logical conclusion.

The technicals were just testing my understanding on an intuitive level how valuation works and the various aspects of it. AKA memorizing the Vault guide won't cut it. If you did the BIWS course and understand EVERYTHING that was taught, you should be good for this part. Good luck guys.

Excellent. Thanks!

Thanks!