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Updated Feb 5, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Examiner at FINRA
Posted Feb 5, 2012
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2.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 (took a day)
Was brought in as an internal employee referral. The interview process was very general. No technical questions about regulatory/securities industry knowledge. Spoke with 2 managers and the Director for about 2 hours. Was called a few days later and offered the position. Negotiations on salary were not possible. Salary was not the greatest, however for the hours you actually work, can't complain.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Intern at FINRA
Posted Jan 13, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 (took a day)
The work culture seemed rather loose, as least the supervisor who interviewed me was. The interview was surprisingly casual.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Examiner at FINRA
Posted Oct 10, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 in New York, NY (took 4 months)
After an interview on campus, I was chosen for a "Career Day" at FINRA in downtown Manhattan. Had 4 interviews with different managers plus a writing sample test which was in a regular essay format. Didn't get the job probably since FINRA wouldn't sponsor you for CPA exam. Overall the interviews were a very pleasant experience, several technical accounting questions were asked.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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Engineering at FINRA
Posted Sep 29, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 (took a day)
After the initial skills test, the interviewer asked a couple IQ test questions that weren't really IQ test material. They were more math tricks that you learn in class. The ones I were asked my brother in 6th grade knew all of them because they just went over them. It was a pain to answer these over the phone and some I couldn't get even after 15 min despite an IQ over 180...I guess you just have to have come across them before but it was embarrassing after describing your accomplishments listed on your resume, saying yes to the IQ test, and having someone wait on the phone for you to answer. It was an interview to remember to say the least.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Skills Test.
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Internship at FINRA
Posted Sep 21, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2009 in Rockville, MD (took a day)
It was a generic interview in which the interviewer asked many questions such as "Tell me about a time that...". Basic situation, task, action, result questions.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Examiner at FINRA
Posted Aug 3, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2009 (took 3 weeks)
After initial communication, did not hear from firm for three weeks. In the meanwhile, they were conducting background check. The interviewers were not forthcoming with the training involved and that the job was contingent upon passing tests. Very Sneaky.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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Java Developer at FINRA
Posted Jun 25, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 in Rockville, MD (took 2 weeks)
Got a phone from the headhunter. I passed a simple phone screen. Then FINRA assigned a technical test about multi-threading to me. I passed it and got the on-site interview. The on-site interview took about 4 hours. There were continuous group interviews. They asked my about my background and experience. In addition, they also asked me about Hibernate, inner/outer joins, garbage collection, thread accumulation, etc.
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I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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Extern at FINRA
Posted Jun 18, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 (took a day)
I had an interview with about 3 attorneys. They asked a series of questions and provided me with information on what the internship will be like.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Compliance Examiner at FINRA
Posted Jun 8, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 (took 2 days)
Process was simple. Received a call from HR about the position then had a written exam and then a 2 on 1 interview with the managers. Afterwards, I had another interview with the senior manager and that did not go so well. HR rep was really nice and helpful though.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Skills Test.
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Examiner at FINRA
Posted Jun 8, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2010 in New York, NY (took a day)
was contacted by recruiter. interview was pretty basic-skills, experience, resume review. also questions like team work, meeting deadlines.
the status of the application is available online. this is useful if you are not i the running any more.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter.
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