Applying to Lazard for summer 2028? Check your resume against a Lazard-style screen below, then read which postings are open, when they close, the online assessment that follows and what happens after you submit.
Key facts
- Application window: For summer 2028, the US Financial Advisory postings went live on Oct 23, 2026 and close on Jan 15, 2027.1,4
- Portal: Apply on Lazard's student careers site, LazardStudentCareers. Each posting ends: "Apply! We'll get in touch on the next steps."1,4
- Who it is for: Students at a US university working toward a bachelor's degree, graduating in December 2028 or May or June 2029, with top academic performance.1,2,3
- Documents: A resume. Recruiters read your resume, application and assessment results together. Treat a cover letter as optional unless the form asks for one.5,1
- Next step: An online assessment of about 40 minutes, with an aptitude section and 3 recorded video questions at the end. Lazard uses third-party psychometric tests and an AI-enabled video interview tool.6,5
- The program: Nine weeks, starting with a week-long training program in New York, at a base salary of about $120,000.1
Lazard programs on the tracker
Live from the Intervyo tracker, so the dates update as Lazard posts them.
- 2028 Summer Analyst Program
- Opens Oct 23, closes Jan 15
- Insight Day
- Dates not announced yet
- 2028 Full-Time Analyst Program
- Dates not announced yet
The New York posting is a generalist program across the M&A coverage groups and Restructuring. If you only want Restructuring, there is a separate direct-placement posting in New York, and another in Chicago.1,2,4
Check your resume before you apply
Check your resume
Read against the Summer Analyst role at Lazard, Financial Advisory, the way the first screen reads it.
- A score and a verdict
- An ATS check
- Your lines rewritten
What the Lazard online application looks like
Pick your postings
The 13 US postings are split by group and office: in New York, the M&A and Restructuring Generalist program, Restructuring & Liability Management, Capital Solutions, Corporate Finance Advisory, and Shareholder Advisory & Activism Defense; Restructuring and Healthcare in Chicago; Power, Energy & Infrastructure in Houston; Technology in Boston, Charlotte and San Francisco; Healthcare in San Francisco; and Industrials & Technology in Minneapolis. Expect a cap of about three applications, and check the form before you submit the first.4,1,7
Apply early, before Jan 15
The postings close on Jan 15, 2027, at midnight Eastern going by the posting's close time, so treat Jan 14 as your deadline. Most postings say applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and ask you to apply as soon as you can. In the last two cycles Lazard moved within weeks of posting: screening calls were under way within about two weeks of the December 2025 posting (summer 2027), and New York Restructuring first rounds ran in mid-January 2025 (summer 2026).1,2,7,9
Fill in the form
The resume is the core. Recruiters read it beside your application and assessment results, so keep the two consistent. Treat a cover letter as optional unless the form asks for one, and have a transcript ready in case it does.5,1
The online assessment
Lazard uses a third party's psychometric tests, such as cognitive, skills and personality assessments, plus an AI tool that scores the transcript of a recorded video interview against job-related competencies. A recruiter makes the decision. For summer 2028, the sitting runs about 40 minutes: short math, shape sequences and logic in the style of the CCAT, then 3 recorded behavioral questions with about 5 seconds to prepare. You can ask for a reasonable adjustment or a non-AI format.5,6,13
After the assessment
Next comes a screening call, then a first round. In the summer 2027 cycle, San Francisco ran an HR phone screen on the resume and fit, then a very technical first round with two analysts a week later, heavy on technology questions; Capital Solutions in New York ran a phone screen, then a two-on-one Zoom interview.10,11
What changed for summer 2028
In the summer 2026 and 2027 cycles, US summer analyst processes went from the application to a screening call, and a New York Private Capital Advisory process in March 2025 had no video step. For summer 2028, every US posting links Lazard's notice on its assessment and video tools, and the sitting follows within days of applying.10,11,12,5,6
What the form asks
- Posting By group and office
- 13 US postings for summer 2028. Expect a cap of about three; check before you submit.
- Resume Required
- Read by recruiters beside your application and assessment results.
- Cover letter Check the form
- Treat it as optional unless the form asks for one.
- Online assessment About 40 minutes
- Aptitude questions, then 3 recorded video questions with about 5 seconds to prepare.
- Transcript, written questions Check the form
- Have a transcript ready in case the form asks for one.
The dates and eligibility come from Lazard's postings and the tools from its notice. The cap and the cover letter are our best reading, since the form sits behind a login.1,4,5,6,7
Lazard resume checklist
- One page, saved as a PDF.
- Education first while you are a student: school, degree written out, graduation month and year.
- GPA as 3.64/4.00 if it helps you; the postings ask for top academic performance.
- Experience newest first, two or three bullets each, every bullet starting with a verb.
- Deal, modeling and restructuring words only for work you can explain in a technical first round.
- Leadership roles over memberships: what you ran, led or built.
- Credit or restructuring work up front if you apply to a Restructuring posting.
- Three or four short stories ready before you apply, since the recorded video can follow within days.
What to put on it
The first screen reads your resume, and the video questions that follow are behavioral, so both are worth your time before you apply. For students the resume order is Education first, then experience, then leadership and activities, then skills and interests. The examples below are Intervyo rewrites of common lines, plus one question from the 2028 video.5,6,14,15
- Education: School, degree, graduation month and year, and GPA. First on the page while you are a student.
- Experience: Internships and jobs, newest first, with two or three bullets that say what you did and what came of it.
- Leadership and activities: Clubs, teams and roles where you owned something, not only memberships.
- Skills and interests: Languages, software and a few real interests, last on the page.
Example questions and how to answer them
Experience bullet"Rewrite this bullet: "Worked on a restructuring case study.""2,14
- 1Start with a verb for what you did yourself: built, analyzed, modeled, presented.
- 2Name the work precisely: a recovery analysis, a liquidity forecast, a capital structure table.
- 3Add scale in numbers: the company, the debt, the team.
- 4End with the result: what the team or judges did with it.
Tip: Lazard has a direct Restructuring posting. If you apply to it, put your most credit-related work first, and only list what you can explain in a technical first round.
Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)
Built a recovery waterfall for a retailer with $1.2B of debt across 4 tranches for a 5-person case competition team; our proposed exchange offer placed second of 18 teams.
Education line"Rewrite this education line: "UT Austin, Business, 3.6, 2029""1,14,15
- 1University and location on the first line.
- 2Degree written out, with the expected graduation month and year.
- 3GPA to two decimals with the scale. Add a major GPA if it is higher.
- 4An optional line for relevant coursework or honors.
Tip: Lazard asks for graduation in December 2028 or May or June 2029, so put the month in.
Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance, expected May 2029. GPA: 3.64/4.00 Relevant coursework: Financial Accounting, Valuation, Corporate Finance
Leadership and activities"Rewrite this activity: "Member, Finance Club.""14
- 1Lead with your role, not the club: what were you responsible for?
- 2Say what you produced: pitches, coverage, events, money raised.
- 3Give one number for scale.
- 4Show a result or a decision your work led to.
Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)
Technology Sector Head, Finance Club (60 members): led 6 members covering 15 software companies and pitched 2 M&A ideas at the club's spring showcase, one picked up by a visiting alumni panel for discussion.
From resume to the recorded video"Tell us about a time you missed a deadline or delivered work that did not meet the expected standard. What contributed to it, how did you communicate, and what did you do differently afterward?"6
- 1Pick a real, small miss: one where you can name your own part in it.
- 2Say what happened and why, in two sentences.
- 3Say who you told and when: early, plainly, with a new date or a fix.
- 4End on the change you made, and show it worked the next time.
Tip: One of the 3 recorded questions in one summer 2028 sitting; the questions appear to rotate, so prepare stories, not scripts. You get about 5 seconds to prepare, so have your story ready before you press start.
Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)
Written by Intervyo as an example. In my sophomore fall I was building the comps for our club's stock pitch and underestimated how long cleaning the data would take. Two days before the deadline I could see it would be late, so I told our lead that night, sent what I had, and gave a new time for the full set the next afternoon. I hit that time, but the team lost a day of review. Since then I send a rough version halfway through any task, so a problem shows up while there is still time to fix it, and I have not missed a date since.
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How long to hear back after the online application
Each posting says Lazard will get in touch on the next steps. In past cycles that moved fast: screening calls and first rounds came within weeks of the postings going up.1,7,9
Dec 2024 (summer 2026)
Financial Advisory, US
Summer analyst postings went up on Dec 26, 2024, in New York, Chicago, Charlotte and other offices.8
Jan 2025 (summer 2026)
Restructuring, New York
First rounds in mid-January, with superday news promised by the end of Jan 17. Offers were out once the superdays finished.9
Dec 2025 to Jan 2026 (summer 2027)
Financial Advisory, US
The cycle thread opened on Dec 22, 2025, and screening calls were under way within about two weeks.7
Jan 2026 (summer 2027)
Investment banking, San Francisco
An HR phone screen, then a first round with two analysts about a week later.10
Oct 2026 (summer 2028)
Financial Advisory, US
Postings went live on Oct 23. The same day, one applicant was already facing a 40-minute assessment with 3 recorded questions at the end.4,6
Late Oct to early Nov 2026 (summer 2028)
Financial Advisory, US
Later comments on the same thread: the aptitude part is like the CCAT, and the video gives about 5 seconds to prepare.6
Best guessExpect the assessment invite within days of applying. Going by the last two cycles, screening calls and first rounds should follow from December 2026 into January 2027.
What happens after the online application
Online applicationYou are here
This page. One of 13 US postings on LazardStudentCareers, open until Jan 15, 2027.1,4
Online assessment and video
An online assessment of about 40 minutes in all: aptitude questions, then 3 recorded behavioral questions at the end, scored on the transcript, with a recruiter making the decision.6,5
Screening call
A phone screen on your resume and fit: why Lazard, why banking, why the group. Capital Solutions has mixed in technical questions.10,11
First round
A first round with two analysts: very technical, about a week after the screen, in San Francisco; a two-on-one Zoom mixing technical and behavioral questions in Capital Solutions.10,11
Superday
About four interviews across coverage groups, more behavioral than the first round. Capital Solutions adds a 45-minute LBO case.17,11
Summer 2027 vs summer 2028
Lazard posted about two months earlier for summer 2028, and US applicants now sit an online assessment with a recorded video before any call.
FAQ
When do Lazard 2028 summer analyst applications close?
Jan 15, 2027. The 13 US Financial Advisory postings went live on Oct 23, 2026. The close time works out to midnight Eastern at the start of Jan 15, so submit by Jan 14.1,4
Does Lazard have an online assessment or HireVue in the US?
Yes, for summer 2028. Lazard uses third-party psychometric tests and an AI-enabled video interview tool. The 2028 sitting runs about 40 minutes: aptitude questions like the CCAT, then 3 recorded behavioral questions with about 5 seconds to prepare. It is often called a HireVue; Lazard's notice describes a third party's AI-enabled video interview tool.5,6
What are the Lazard video questions?
Behavioral questions about real situations, and they appear to rotate. One summer 2028 sitting asked about an audience that was not following your message, a missed deadline or work below standard, and a team under pressure with competing priorities. The tool scores the transcript of what you say, not your face or voice.6,5
How many Lazard roles can I apply to?
Expect a cap of about three, as in the summer 2027 cycle, and check the form before you submit your first application. You can apply to more than one office.7,1
Should I apply to the Generalist or the Restructuring posting?
The New York Generalist program covers the M&A coverage groups and Restructuring. If you only want Restructuring, Lazard asks you to apply to the separate direct-placement posting.1,2
Can I ask for a different format for the video?
Yes. Depending on where you are, you can ask for a reasonable adjustment or an alternative, non-AI format, and ask a human to review the AI output. Lazard says this will not count against you. The US contact is FA.campus.recruiting@lazard.com.5
Is the Lazard application rolling?
Yes, for most postings. Twelve of the 13 US postings say applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and ask you to apply as soon as you can, before the Jan 15 deadline. In the last two cycles screening calls and first rounds started within weeks of the postings, and in summer 2028 assessment links went out within days.2,3,4,7,9,6,18
Online application at other firms
Sources
Firm pages first, then dated candidate reports. Last checked Nov 4, 2026.
- 1Lazard (LazardStudentCareers): 2028 Summer Analyst, New York M&A / Restructuring Generalist
- 2Lazard (LazardStudentCareers): 2028 Summer Analyst, New York Restructuring & Liability Management
- 3Lazard (LazardStudentCareers): 2028 Summer Analyst, New York Capital Solutions
- 4Lazard (LazardStudentCareers): Lazard Student Careers, job listings
- 5Lazard: Global Notice on the Use of AI-Enabled Interview Tools in Recruitment
- 6Candidate report on a public forum: Lazard hirevue (Oct 2026)
- 7Candidate discussion on a public forum: Lazard 2027 Summer Analyst Program (Dec 2025 to Feb 2026)
- 8Candidate discussion on a public forum: Lazard SA 2026 (Dec 2024)
- 9Candidate discussion on a public forum: Lazard SA 2026 Megathread (Jan 2025)
- 10Candidate report on a public forum: 2027 Summer Analyst interview, Investment Banking, San Francisco (Jan 2026)
- 11Candidate report on a public forum: Summer Analyst interview, Structured Capital Solutions, New York (Feb 2026)
- 12Candidate report on a public forum: Private Capital Advisory Summer Analyst interview, New York (Mar 2025)
- 13Criteria Corp: What to Expect on the Criteria Cognitive Aptitude Test (CCAT) · prep site
- 14Mergers & Inquisitions: The Ideal Investment Banking Resume Template To Land Interviews & Job Offers · prep site
- 15Georgetown University Cawley Career Education Center: Resume Content & Formatting · prep site
- 16Adventis Finance: 2027 Summer Analyst Recruiting Timeline for the Class of 2028 · prep site
- 17Candidate report on a public forum: Intern interview, New York (Feb 2026)
- 18Aced: Lazard Investment Banking Summer Analyst Interview Guide · prep site
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