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I may have a phone interview coming up with them in the next few days.
Any tips?
I know they’re the punchline to many jokes but no idea why.
I’m pretty sure that they’re always been pretty well respected in research. Does anyone know if any stars have left?
Also, I’m trying to get a list of their ranked analysts. What is the best metric? I don’t know what it more accurate: WSJ’s Best on the Street or StarMine? Jefferies is depicted really well on Starmine and mediocre on WSJ’s Best on the Street. Are there other metrics I should be using like II (any place that offers that for free)?
Thanks in advance
 
The interview is on the phone because they cant afford a building
 
Be sure to to emphasize that your participation in the CFA program will guarantee superior analysis results.
 
What’s wrong with asking the same question on two different forums to get information from multiple sources?
 
I haven’t take L3 yet so I don’t know anything about ethics
 
Yes, but mosaic theory was covered in L1 or L2, and you clearly have that down.
 
XSellSide Wrote:
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> Yes, but mosaic theory was covered in L1 or L2,
> and you clearly have that down.
good one.
 
I won’t be taking level 1 until June- I can’t leverage anything yet.
 
Jscott24 Wrote:
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> a little thing called loyalty kid…
Blood in, Blood out.
 
KarateBoy Wrote:
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> I may have a phone interview coming up with them
> in the next few days.
>
> Any tips?
>
> I know they’re the punchline to many jokes but no
> idea why.
Because like every other major investment bank, they have some crappy divisions and some good ones, but more importantly, sometimes people like to crack jokes that aren’t funny when they’re insecure or envious.
Anyway, like all firms, Jefferies has had some junk research and a couple of their senior research analysts got in trouble for questionable coverage practices in the last few years (which, curiously, happened at every other major investment bank too….this is Wall Street after all where not everyone is cut from the same moral fabric). In other divisions, over the last year, Jefferies has really strengthened their IBD and public finance areas in the last year. Just look at some of the people they’ve hired.
> I’m pretty sure that they’re always been pretty
> well respected in research. Does anyone know if
> any stars have left?
Not sure about this, haven’t been in research for the last three years and only kept up with their research when it competed with our team’s
> Also, I’m trying to get a list of their ranked
> analysts. What is the best metric? I don’t know
> what it more accurate: WSJ’s Best on the Street or
> StarMine? Jefferies is depicted really well on
> Starmine and mediocre on WSJ’s Best on the Street.
> Are there other metrics I should be using like II
> (any place that offers that for free)?
Nobody cares about this stuff…what should matter is how well you think you’ll work with your research analyst, what buy-side clients say about him/her…etc but at the end of the day, 90% of your job will be dictated by how you work with your analyst so don’t get caught up in the rankings. Seniority does help because they might carry more influence within the firm, but I think most of the banks are done with major research layoffs anyway and most of how much you like or dislike your job will come down to how much you like your analyst. And it’s that simple…seriously, practically nobody cares about StarMine and people only care about things like Institutional Investor for marketing purposes.
 
Numi, that was very helpful. Thank you.
How can I learn what buy side clients say about him/her?
 
probably can’t unless you have your own buy-side contacts…
the best thing to do is just meet with them and use your personal judgment. you will actually look worse if you talk about things like starmine and II because then you just come across as someone that doesn’t have their priorities straight. what matters most to you should be what YOUR experience looks like…so just trust your ability to judge someone’s character and as you move further on in the interview process, THEN you will have a chance to meet their other colleagues and ask questions about their reputation etc
this is a perfect time for you to see how good of a judge of character you are. first and foremost however you must convince them you’re the best candidate. but then, figure out whether they are a right fit for you. and, you will probably make errors in judgment along the way – decisions about culture, people etc that you might later find yourself asking yourself, “what was i thinking?!” – but this is the only way to learn so keep an open mind
 
ridiculous thread.
The name of the shop does not define the quality of the analyst. Case in point…Goldman, for the most part, puts out the worst research available. Its often the lesser know shops that have the best research - Avondale, Cleveland Research, Howard Weil, Tudor Pickering, Simmons, Stephens, etc.
Jeffries has a few guys that are decent.
Dont let the name fool you.
 
Real Estate Lesson #1: It’s better to have the worst house in a good neighborhood than the best house in a bad neighborhood. Translation: it’s better to be a mediocre analyst at Goldman Sachs than the best analyst at Junkffries.
 
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