Lazard Middle Market Interview

So I have an interview coming up with Lazard MM and couldn't find much here specifically about their middle market practice. I just want to know some basic info about culture, hours, interview as opposed to Lazard the parent company. Is is that much different? or are they similar for the most part?

I know there isn't as much prestige compared to the parent company.

Also would like to know the hours because I am currently at a small boutique and want to know how the transition will be going from working normal hours to how the hours will be there.

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They are pretty different- but as the above poster stated, it would be good to know for which office (can PM me if you don't want to post it on here since they are very small). The offices have different focuses (for example Charlotte is entirely healthcare). They operate very separate from the parent company working on (as the name says) smaller middle market deals. I think they may get cross-staffed with Lazard (parent) on occasion, but I'm not 100% sure on that. While there isn't the prestige of the parent, the name itself is a good one to have, and it also does not have the same reputation as a sweatshop the way Lazard (parent) does. Culture varies by office- interview questions were pretty standard.

 

^^ Oh yeah, that would help if I included that. It is in NYC and for their FIG Group and as a 2nd year analyst.

I have heard lots about Lazard(parent) and not doesn't sound too intriguing to me, thats why I'm trying to find out more about Lazard MM. Either way it is still step up from my currently place.

 

Operating model probably.

Have you built one before?

Is this for full-time next year?

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1 hour operating model. They give u 2011/2012 statements for a company and ask you to build an operating model for the next 5 years.

Then they have a computer-based set of questions on accounting and corporate finance.

For my office they also had a 1 hour translation test (pen and paper) for a language I put on my resume.

Seems like a slightly harder version of the Houlihan Lokey process. Kind of overkill for an interview though...

 

very tech, Lazard is a tech-Q-based interview corp, one-hour modeling and corporate finance test and then three 1-1 interviews with analysts and associates. oh and also one-hour translation test since I am a native Chinese speaker, english->chinese, I don't know whether they really read it or not.

 

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