Lazard
An independent firm with two businesses: financial advisory on mergers, restructurings, and capital markets, and asset and wealth management.
- 5
- programs
- 2
- open now
- Asset Management Summer AnalystAMNo data yet
- Investment Banking Summer AnalystIBNo data yet
- Sophomore Summer Analyst ProgramIBNo data yet
How Lazard recruitsTypical for Investment Banking
- 1Application
Resume, cover letter at some banks, school and GPA screens. Networking often decides who gets a first round.
- 2HireVue or video
Two to five recorded behavioral prompts, sometimes one technical. Thirty seconds to prepare, two minutes to answer.
- 3First round
One or two 30 minute calls with an analyst or associate. Walk me through your resume, why banking, why us, then accounting and valuation technicals.
- 4Superday
Three to six back to back interviews with associates, VPs, and MDs. Technicals get harder, fit gets more personal, and at least one person tests how you handle pressure.
- 5Offer
Usually within days. Exploding deadlines at smaller shops.
Lazard does not state its process on its own site, so these are the usual stages.
At a glance
- US offices
- New York, Austin, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Tampalazard.com
- Posting now
- New York, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Houston, Minneapolis, San Francisco
- Industries
- Investment Banking, Asset Management
- Summers
- 2028, 2027
- Last verified
- Nov 11
What Lazard asks3 from public sources
What is happening in world affairs or financial markets right now that matters for an advisory firm, and why?
Superday, markets. Lazard
On a recorded video, explain why you are interested in Lazard and in this industry.
HireVue, behavioral. Lazard
What skills have you built through your extracurricular activities that would help you as a summer intern?
HireVue, behavioral. Lazard
Filed base salaries32 filings
- Analyst, New YorkNew York$120k median, 11 filings
- Associate, New YorkNew York$200k median, 21 filings
Base salary Lazard filed for full-time H-1B hires in front-office analyst and associate titles, decided Oct 22, 2024 to Jun 25, 2026. No bonus, and not intern pay. A row needs 5 filings. US Department of Labor disclosure data
Dates by cycle3
- Summer 2028 Investment Banking Summer AnalystSeen open from Nov 4, 2026. Open now.
- Summer 2027 Investment Banking Summer AnalystOpened Dec 21, 2025. Public record.
- Summer 2027 Asset Management Summer AnalystSeen open from Nov 8, 2026. Open now.
Seen open from is the first day we saw the posting on the firm's own site. A public record is the firm's announcement or a dated student post.
People hereLeadership page
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