Equity Research Summer Associate Review

by Jefferies International

Rating

4/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.0
  • Culture
    3.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Come in and start around 6:45am-7am and daily tasks include modelling on excel, writing reports, reading and researching company reports and the news, pitching stock to S&T, speaking to clients on the phone etc


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Skills that have been developed include excel modelling, pitching abilities, time management, networking etc.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 3/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Initially not given much responsibility but there is a quick learning curve in which vital business tasks are quickly given to you


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Support and guidance is massively rotation dependent. I was fortunate to experience two rotations in which questions (no matter how silly) were warmly welcomed and encouraged. I was also taught well how to model and to write report style information.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • The stand out feature of Jefferies is undoubtedly the culture, it is extremely flat, lean and friendly.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 3/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I very much enjoyed my placement and it gave me the opportunity to find out more about divisions and see where I am a best fit for.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Jefferies International
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Jefferies International to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Jefferies International
  • Be yourself and focus on personal reasons that Jefferies is a good fit for you.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Investment Banking

London

August 2022


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