How to Apply to LSE

12 min read Last updated April 20, 2026 8 open positions
Blake Crosley
Blake Crosley Researched using publicly available information, hiring data, and ATS analysis.

Key Takeaways

  • Apply through careers.lseg.com — applications route to Workday at lseg.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers. Create a candidate profile to track applications, save searches, and join the Talent Community for early access to roles.
  • The end-to-end hiring process averages 34 days for experienced hires; graduate and internship programmes run on a fixed annual cycle with autumn application deadlines for the following year's intake.
  • LSEG's psychometric assessments are powered by SHL — practise numerical, verbal, and logical reasoning in SHL format. Published data suggests 60 to 80 percent of applicants are screened out at this stage, making preparation the highest-leverage step.
  • The video interview uses strengths-based questions designed to surface genuine motivation. Authenticity outperforms rehearsed competency answers — film in a quiet space and answer honestly.
  • Interviews are rated approximately 2.98 out of 5 difficulty with 59.6 percent positive experience. The process is structured but collegiate — STAR-format behavioural answers with quantified outcomes consistently win.
  • LSEG is evaluated against four values: Integrity, Partnership, Excellence, and Change. Prepare two to three quantified stories that map to each, and weave them into both behavioural and technical answers.
  • Tailor your CV to the specific division — FTSE Russell, Capital Markets, Post Trade, Risk Intelligence, and Data & Analytics value materially different skill sets. Generic financial services CVs underperform targeted ones.
  • For graduates and interns, prepare for a virtual Assessment Centre as the final stage — group exercise, case presentation, senior leader interview, and networking. The group exercise is often the make-or-break element.
  • Research LSEG beyond the London Stock Exchange brand — the group is now primarily a data and analytics business (over 70 percent recurring revenue) with a transformative Microsoft partnership migrating Workspace to Azure and embedding it in Teams and Copilot.

About LSE

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) is one of the world's leading providers of financial markets infrastructure, data, and analytics — headquartered in Paternoster Square in the City of London with a heritage stretching back to the founding of the London Stock Exchange in 1801 and informal coffee-house trading dating to 1698. Today LSEG employs more than 25,000 people across approximately 65 countries, serving over 44,000 customers across 170+ nations. In FY2025 the group reported revenue of approximately 9.08 billion pounds, operating income of 2.13 billion pounds, and net income of 1.51 billion pounds — placing it firmly among the largest financial market infrastructure companies in the world alongside Intercontinental Exchange, Nasdaq, CME Group, and Deutsche Boerse. LSEG was created in its modern form in 2007 through the London Stock Exchange's acquisition of Borsa Italiana for 1.6 billion euros. Two transformational acquisitions reshaped the group into a data and analytics business: the 2.7 billion dollar acquisition of the Frank Russell Company in 2014, which combined with FTSE Group to form FTSE Russell — now one of the world's largest index providers with more than 16 trillion dollars benchmarked to its indices including the FTSE 100, FTSE 250, Russell 2000, and Russell 3000. Then in 2021 LSEG completed the 27 billion dollar all-share acquisition of Refinitiv from a consortium led by Blackstone and Thomson Reuters, instantly transforming LSEG from a regional exchange operator into a global data and analytics powerhouse competing directly with Bloomberg. The integration is now complete, and the Refinitiv brand is being retired across the group — Refinitiv Workspace became LSEG Workspace as the unified flagship platform. LSEG operates through five business divisions. Data & Analytics is the largest, processing over 200 billion data updates daily and delivering Workspace, Yield Book, DataScope, and an ESG database covering 10,000+ companies. FTSE Russell provides global indices across equities, fixed income, and multi-asset benchmarks. Capital Markets operates the London Stock Exchange main market, AIM (the world's most successful growth market for small and medium-sized enterprises), Turquoise multi-asset trading, FXall, and Tradeweb (in which LSEG holds a majority stake). Post Trade covers LCH (the global multi-asset clearing house), collateral management, and portfolio optimization tools. Risk Intelligence delivers World-Check screening, due diligence reports, and digital identity services to help institutions navigate financial crime, sanctions, and reputational risk. LSEG's strategy under CEO David Schwimmer (since 2018) and Chairman Don Robert (since 2019) has shifted the centre of gravity from exchange transactions to recurring data and analytics revenue — over 70 percent of revenue is now subscription-based. A landmark 10-year strategic partnership with Microsoft, announced in late 2022, is migrating LSEG's data infrastructure to Azure and embedding Workspace into Microsoft Teams, Office, and Copilot — with Microsoft taking an approximately 4 percent stake in the group. Sustainability sits at the centre of LSEG's value proposition through FTSE Russell ESG indices, climate data, and the Sustainable Investment platform.

Application Process

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    Search and apply through careers

    Search and apply through careers.lseg.com, the group's global career portal. Job listings are powered by Workday at lseg.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers, which handles application submission, profile management, and status tracking. Filter roles by location (London, New York, Bangalore, Singapore, Gdynia, Bucharest, and dozens of others), business division (Data & Analytics, FTSE Russell, Risk Intelligence, Capital Markets, Post Trade, Technology, or Corporate Functions), career level, and job category. Create a Workday candidate profile to save searches, set up job alerts, and apply more efficiently to multiple roles. LSEG also runs a Talent Community for early access to opportunities and event invitations.

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    Submit your CV and answer a small number of application questions through Workda

    Submit your CV and answer a small number of application questions through Workday. A cover letter is generally optional — what matters more is that your CV is tailored to the specific role and the LSEG division you are targeting. Applications are reviewed by recruiters who screen against the role requirements, division-specific competencies, and right-to-work eligibility for the role's location. Expect an automated acknowledgement immediately and substantive recruiter feedback within roughly two to three weeks for experienced hire roles, and on the published cohort timeline for graduate and intern roles.

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    Complete the Immersive Online Assessment if invited

    Complete the Immersive Online Assessment if invited. For graduate, internship, and many early-career roles this is an untimed, scenario-based experience that simulates aspects of working at LSEG. It is supplied by SHL — the same publisher behind LSEG's psychometric assessments — and combines situational judgment, behavioural questions, and short cognitive tasks. For experienced hire roles, you may instead be asked to complete SHL numerical, verbal, and logical reasoning tests separately. Use the LSEG Assessment Preparation Hub linked in your invitation, and practise SHL-style questions in advance — published data suggests 60 to 80 percent of applicants are screened out at this stage.

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    Record a one-way video interview if shortlisted

    Record a one-way video interview if shortlisted. LSEG's video interviews use strengths-based questions designed to surface genuine motivation and natural ways of working rather than rehearsed competency answers. Typical prompts include why you are interested in LSEG specifically, what energises you at work, how you respond when things go wrong, and how you collaborate with people who think differently from you. You record short answers (typically 60 to 180 seconds each) and have the option to re-record a limited number of times. Film in a quiet, well-lit space with a stable internet connection.

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    Attend the live recruiter and hiring manager interviews

    Attend the live recruiter and hiring manager interviews. Experienced hire processes typically include a 30-minute recruiter screen focused on motivation, salary expectations, notice period, and high-level fit, followed by one or two technical or competency interviews with the hiring manager and a senior team member (45 to 60 minutes each). Expect a mix of behavioural questions (Tell me about a time you...), technical questions specific to the role (system design for engineers, financial product knowledge for capital markets, index methodology for FTSE Russell, regulatory frameworks for risk and compliance), and case-style discussion of business problems.

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    Participate in the Assessment Centre for graduate, internship, and select experi

    Participate in the Assessment Centre for graduate, internship, and select experienced hire programmes. This is the final stage and is typically run virtually (with some in-person events at major hubs). The day combines a group exercise (collaborative problem-solving on a business scenario), an individual case study or presentation, a competency-based interview with a senior leader, and informal networking with current LSEG employees. Trained assessors observe how you collaborate, communicate under pressure, handle data, and align with LSEG's four values — Integrity, Partnership, Excellence, and Change.

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    Receive a hiring decision

    Receive a hiring decision. The average LSEG hiring process takes approximately 34 days based on aggregated candidate-reported data across 326 interview submissions, though graduate and internship cohorts run on a fixed annual timeline (apply autumn, assess winter, decision by early spring for the following autumn cohort). Successful candidates receive a written offer with details on compensation, bonus, benefits (including a competitive pension, share schemes, hybrid working, and wellbeing programmes), and start date. LSEG operates a hybrid working model and will confirm office anchor days during onboarding.

Resume Tips for LSE

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Lead with quantified, financial-services-credible impact

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Tailor the CV to the specific LSEG division

Tailor the CV to the specific LSEG division. The skills that win at FTSE Russell (index methodology, factor research, fixed income analytics) are different from Capital Markets (market microstructure, low-latency engineering, listings) or Risk Intelligence (sanctions, KYC, financial crime, World-Check) or Data & Analytics (Workspace, content management, data engineering at scale). Read the job description carefully, identify the division, and rewrite your top three bullets to mirror its language. Generic financial services CVs underperform targeted ones at LSEG.

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Showcase modern engineering and cloud experience for technology roles

Showcase modern engineering and cloud experience for technology roles. LSEG is in the middle of a 10-year migration to Microsoft Azure under its strategic partnership with Microsoft, while still running latency-sensitive trading and clearing platforms. Highlight Azure (preferred) or AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, real-time stream processing, Java or C++ for low-latency systems, Python for data and analytics, SRE practices, observability, and any FinOps or cloud cost optimisation work. Open-source contributions and public GitHub activity are noticed.

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Demonstrate domain knowledge of financial markets — even for non-front-office ro

Demonstrate domain knowledge of financial markets — even for non-front-office roles. Mention exposure to equities, fixed income, FX, derivatives, clearing, settlement, market data feeds, FIX protocol, FpML, MiFID II, EMIR, Basel III, IFRS, or relevant index families (FTSE 100, Russell 2000). LSEG hires people who can talk to traders, asset managers, and regulators — domain literacy is a meaningful differentiator over candidates who treat the role as a generic tech or corporate job.

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Surface relevant certifications and continuous learning

Surface relevant certifications and continuous learning. CFA, FRM, CAIA, ACA / ACCA, CISI, IMC, PRINCE2 or PMP, AWS or Azure architect certifications, and SAFe or Scrum credentials all carry weight. For data and analytics roles, mention Snowflake, Databricks, dbt, or Power BI. For risk and compliance, ICA or ACAMS qualifications signal serious investment in the field.

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Reflect LSEG's four values in your professional narrative

Reflect LSEG's four values in your professional narrative. Integrity, Partnership, Excellence, and Change are not slogans — they show up in interview scoring rubrics. Choose CV bullets that demonstrate ethical decision-making under pressure, cross-functional collaboration with measurable outcomes, technical or commercial excellence with concrete proof, and leadership of change in a regulated environment.

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Highlight international and cross-cultural experience

Highlight international and cross-cultural experience. LSEG operates in 65 countries with major hubs in London, New York, Bangalore, Singapore, Gdynia, Bucharest, and Colombo. Mobility, multi-language capability, experience working across time zones, or having delivered into multi-region teams signals readiness for LSEG's global operating model. For India-based roles, mention exposure to UK or US clients; for London roles, mention global delivery experience.

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Keep formatting clean and Workday-friendly

Keep formatting clean and Workday-friendly. LSEG's careers portal is Workday, which parses uploaded CVs into structured fields. Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills, Certifications), reverse-chronological dates in MMM YYYY format, plain text bullets, and PDF or Word format. Avoid graphics, icons, columns, headers and footers, and complex tables — these often parse incorrectly and bury your strongest experience inside the candidate profile.

ATS System: Workday Recruiting

LSEG uses Workday Recruiting as its global applicant tracking system, with the candidate-facing portal at lseg.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers and the marketing front-end at careers.lseg.com. Workday parses uploaded CVs into structured profile fields (Experience, Education, Skills, Certifications) and supports candidate profile management, multi-role application tracking, job alerts, and the Talent Community. The system is used across all LSEG divisions globally, including Data & Analytics, FTSE Russell, Risk Intelligence, Capital Markets, Post Trade, Technology, and Corporate Functions.

  • Apply directly via careers.lseg.com or lseg.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com — Workday is the system of record, so third-party applications often miss key data fields
  • Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills, Certifications) and reverse-chronological MMM YYYY dates for clean Workday parsing
  • Always review and edit the parsed candidate profile before submitting — Workday parsing is imperfect and your strongest experience can end up buried
  • Upload CV as PDF or Word — avoid columns, headers and footers, graphics, and complex tables that frequently fail to parse
  • Create one Workday profile and reuse it across multiple LSEG roles rather than creating duplicates — recruiters can see all your applications under one profile
  • Join the Talent Community to receive early notification of relevant roles, especially for graduate and internship cohorts which run on a fixed annual cycle

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Interview Culture

LSEG interviews are rated approximately 2.98 out of 5 for difficulty on Glassdoor, with around 59.6 percent of candidates reporting a positive experience across more than 320 interview submissions.

The average end-to-end process takes 34 days, with about 30 percent of candidates reporting that more than a month elapsed between final interview and offer. By the standards of large financial market infrastructure firms, that is a moderate timeline — slower than fintech start-ups but considerably faster than investment banks at the same level. LSEG's interview culture is professional, structured, and explicitly values-driven. The four corporate values — Integrity, Partnership, Excellence, and Change — appear in scoring rubrics and are tested through behavioural and strengths-based questions throughout the process. Interviewers are trained to evaluate evidence, not assertion, so STAR-format answers (Situation, Task, Action, Result) with quantified outcomes consistently outperform abstract claims. The tone is collegiate rather than adversarial — LSEG explicitly markets the process as a two-way conversation and encourages candidates to ask substantive questions of every interviewer. The recruiter screen is short and motivation-focused. Expect questions about why LSEG specifically (not just any financial services firm), what you know about the division you are applying to, salary expectations, notice period, and right-to-work. Recruiters consistently rate candidates higher when they can articulate the difference between LSEG and Bloomberg, S&P Global, or MSCI — the ability to describe LSEG's actual business model is itself a screening filter. The hiring manager round goes deeper on technical and competency depth. Common behavioural prompts include: tell me about a time you failed and what you learned; describe a time you improved a process; how do you handle disagreement with a senior stakeholder; walk me through a project you led end-to-end. Technical questions are role-specific. Engineering candidates should expect system design (design a real-time market data dissemination system, design a clearing house risk engine), data structures and algorithms at the appropriate level, and discussion of past architectural decisions. Capital markets and FTSE Russell candidates should expect questions on market microstructure, index methodology, or specific products. Risk Intelligence candidates should expect financial crime case studies, sanctions screening edge cases, and regulatory framework discussions. For graduates, interns, and select experienced hires, the Assessment Centre is the final and most distinctive stage. It typically runs as a virtual half- or full-day event combining a group exercise (a business case discussed with three to five other candidates while assessors observe), a written or verbal case presentation, a one-on-one competency interview with a senior leader, and an informal networking session. The group exercise is the make-or-break element for many candidates — assessors are explicitly looking for candidates who contribute substantively, build on others' ideas, manage time, and surface dissent constructively rather than either dominating or disappearing. A practical note on LSEG's culture: the group blends the institutional gravitas of a 200-year-old exchange with the agility of a modern data and analytics business. The most successful candidates demonstrate both — respect for the regulated, mission-critical nature of financial market infrastructure, and genuine appetite for the cloud-native, AI-enabled future LSEG is building under its Microsoft partnership. Authenticity is rewarded over polish. Strengths-based questions in the video interview are explicitly designed to surface real motivation, and rehearsed answers tend to underperform genuine ones.

What LSE Looks For

  • Genuine motivation for LSEG specifically. Recruiters consistently flag the inability to differentiate LSEG from Bloomberg, S&P Global, MSCI, or ICE as a top reason for rejection. The strongest candidates can articulate why they want to work on financial market infrastructure as opposed to a buy-side or sell-side firm, and why LSEG's particular mix of data, analytics, indices, trading venues, and clearing appeals to them.
  • Evidence-based behavioural answers aligned to the four values. Integrity (ethical decision-making, especially under commercial pressure), Partnership (cross-functional collaboration with measurable outcomes), Excellence (raising the bar with proof), and Change (leading or thriving through transformation in a regulated environment) are scored explicitly. Bring a portfolio of two to three quantified STAR stories that map to each value.
  • Strong analytical and quantitative ability. Whether the role is engineering, index research, risk modelling, or commercial, LSEG is a fundamentally data-driven business. Be ready to interpret tables and charts under time pressure in SHL assessments, and be comfortable reasoning quantitatively in interviews — basis points, percentages, ratios, and orders of magnitude should be second nature.
  • Domain literacy in financial markets. You do not need to be a trader, but you should be able to discuss equities, fixed income, derivatives, indices, clearing, and the regulatory landscape (MiFID II, EMIR, Basel III) at an informed level appropriate to your role. Domain literacy is what separates LSEG-ready candidates from generic technology or corporate hires.
  • Modern technology fluency. With the 10-year Microsoft partnership migrating LSEG's data platform to Azure, technology candidates should be fluent in cloud-native architecture, Kubernetes, Kafka, real-time stream processing, infrastructure-as-code, and SRE practices. AI and ML literacy — particularly around generative AI integration into Workspace and Copilot — is increasingly valued.
  • Customer-centric thinking. LSEG serves 44,000 institutional customers including asset managers, banks, hedge funds, corporates, regulators, and central banks. The strongest candidates frame their work in terms of end-customer impact — how does this code path, this index methodology, this clearing rule, or this data feed make a customer's job easier or their portfolio safer.
  • Authenticity over polish. LSEG's strengths-based video interview is explicitly designed to surface genuine motivation rather than rehearsed responses. Recruiters and hiring managers consistently note that candidates who present an honest version of themselves — including acknowledging gaps, learnings, and what they want next — outperform those who deliver a polished but generic narrative.
  • Adaptability and global mindset. LSEG operates across 65 countries and is integrating multiple legacy businesses (LSE, Borsa Italiana legacy systems, Refinitiv, FTSE Russell, LCH, Tradeweb) into a single global platform. Comfort with ambiguity, willingness to work across time zones, and cultural sensitivity are real differentiators.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the LSEG hiring process?
LSEG's typical hiring process includes: online application via careers.lseg.com (powered by Workday), an Immersive Online Assessment supplied by SHL (untimed, scenario-based), a recorded one-way video interview with strengths-based questions, a recruiter screen and one to two live interviews with the hiring manager and team, and for graduates, interns, and select experienced hire programmes, a virtual Assessment Centre with group exercise, case presentation, and senior leader interview. The process averages 34 days end-to-end.
Where do I apply for LSEG jobs?
Apply through careers.lseg.com, which routes applications to Workday at lseg.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers. Create a candidate profile to save jobs, set up alerts, and track applications. LSEG also runs a Talent Community you can join for early notification of relevant openings and recruitment events. Beware of scams — LSEG explicitly states it never extends a job offer or requests personal information via unsolicited email.
What ATS does LSEG use?
LSEG uses Workday Recruiting (lseg.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com) as its applicant tracking system. Workday parses uploaded CVs into structured candidate profile fields, so use standard section headings, plain text bullets, reverse-chronological dates, and PDF or Word format. Avoid columns, headers and footers, graphics, and complex tables that often fail to parse correctly. Always review and edit the parsed profile before submitting your application.
What assessments does LSEG use?
LSEG's psychometric assessments are supplied by SHL. For graduate and early career roles, expect an untimed Immersive Online Assessment combining situational judgment, behavioural questions, and short cognitive tasks. For other roles, you may see standalone SHL numerical reasoning (interpreting tables, graphs, and charts under time pressure), verbal reasoning (true / false / cannot say from short passages), and logical reasoning (typically 30 questions in 30 minutes). Practising SHL-format questions in advance is highly recommended — published data suggests 60 to 80 percent of applicants are screened out at the assessment stage.
How difficult are LSEG interviews?
LSEG interviews are rated approximately 2.98 out of 5 on Glassdoor with around 59.6 percent of candidates reporting a positive experience. The process is structured and professional but not adversarial — recruiters and hiring managers are trained to evaluate against published competencies and the four values (Integrity, Partnership, Excellence, Change). Preparation is the main differentiator: research the specific division, prepare quantified STAR stories for each value, and practise SHL-style assessments.
What is the LSEG Assessment Centre?
The Assessment Centre is the final stage for graduate and internship programmes and select experienced hire roles. It typically runs as a virtual half- or full-day event with a group exercise (collaborative business case with three to five other candidates while assessors observe), an individual case study or presentation, a competency interview with a senior leader, and informal networking with current LSEG employees. Assessors evaluate teamwork, problem-solving, communication, leadership, and alignment with LSEG's values. The group exercise is often the decisive element.
Does LSEG have a graduate programme?
Yes. LSEG runs structured Graduate Programmes across Technology, Business (covering Data & Analytics, FTSE Russell, Risk Intelligence, Capital Markets, and Post Trade), Finance, Operations, and other corporate functions. Programmes are based in major hubs including London, New York, Bangalore, Singapore, Gdynia, and Bucharest. Applications typically open in autumn for the following autumn intake. LSEG also offers Internship Programmes for penultimate-year undergraduates and Entry Level Opportunities for direct-entry junior roles.
What values does LSEG look for in candidates?
LSEG evaluates against four core values: Integrity (ethical decision-making, especially under pressure), Partnership (cross-functional collaboration with measurable outcomes), Excellence (raising the bar with concrete proof), and Change (leading or thriving through transformation in a regulated environment). These appear in interview scoring rubrics — bring two to three quantified STAR stories that demonstrate each, and reference them in both behavioural and technical answers.
What is the difference between LSEG, Refinitiv, and FTSE Russell?
LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is the parent company. Refinitiv was a financial data and analytics business acquired by LSEG in 2021 for 27 billion dollars — the Refinitiv brand is being retired and its flagship Eikon-successor product is now LSEG Workspace. FTSE Russell is LSEG's index business, formed by combining FTSE (acquired earlier) with Frank Russell Company (acquired 2014 for 2.7 billion dollars), with more than 16 trillion dollars benchmarked to its indices including the FTSE 100 and Russell 2000. All three now operate as part of one integrated LSEG.
Does LSEG offer hybrid working?
Yes. LSEG operates a hybrid working model across its global offices, with anchor days in office and the remainder remote depending on the role and location. The exact arrangement is confirmed during the offer and onboarding stage. Major hubs include London (headquarters at Paternoster Square), New York, Bangalore, Singapore, Gdynia (Poland), Bucharest (Romania), and Colombo (Sri Lanka). Some roles — particularly those supporting trading, clearing, or live operations — may require more on-site presence.

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