Why this question matters
Lazard uses a Video Interview in its 2027 recruitment process, and this stage cuts a large share of the people who take it. Candidates who have already practised the real wording have an edge over people meeting it cold.
The real question, word for word
Here is one of the questions shown in the assessment:
Lazard emphasizes deep expertise, global perspective, and building strong client relationships. Can you share an example from your experience that demonstrates how your skills and goals align with this?
How answers lose points
- Giving a slogan: Words such as passion and curiosity mean little without a specific example.
- Spending too long on context: A long setup leaves too little time for the decisions that reveal judgement.
- Hiding behind we: The interviewer cannot score contribution when ownership never becomes visible.
- Ending without proof: A positive claim needs an outcome, response or learning point that can be checked.
What a passing answer does
The interviewer needs to see evidence of expertise, an outward-looking perspective, and a practical approach to relationships.
A strong answer chooses one example that naturally contains all three ideas in the prompt.
It explains the candidate’s own decisions instead of treating the firm’s values as slogans.
It uses a concrete stakeholder moment to demonstrate relationship building.
It finishes by showing how the example supports a forward-looking career goal.
See the questions before recording
This is only one question from the assessment. OfferTutoring keeps the complete Lazard interview questions together so candidates can practise the real wording and avoid going into the recording cold.
