Financial Advisor applicants have rated the interview process at Equitable Advisors with 2.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 59% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Financial Advisor roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 547 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Equitable Advisors overall takes an average of 20 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Equitable Advisors as a Financial Advisor according to 547 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 27%
Phone interview: 22%
Background check: 15%
Drug test: 9%
Presentation: 7%
Group panel interview: 6%
Personality test: 6%
Skills test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Equitable Advisors (Dallas, TX)
Interview
Relatively easy. Mostly questions pertaining to your personality. Very kind meeting, you feel comfortable. If you do not live in the ares, they will ask why you want to move and become a financial advisor. Multiple interviews, pretty quick process depending on your schedule. They ask a lot of personality/behavioral based questions. Moreso to see how you can communicate and be friendly. 2 options for your earnings. 1. is $2000 a month plus 50% commission. #2 All commission. Once you move to all commission, you can't move back to option 1 but you can choose option 1 and move up to option 2 whenever you like. BUT before you get those options in the contract, you have to earn $3,000 in commissions within a certain period. Read reviews and quit before getting my series 7. You do get training pay for a week but it's literally $8.25 an hour, so like $300 something dollars. Office is nice though. Very nice people, but VP program comes off a little pyramid scheme like to be honest. I heard they press more on selling insurance products. So if you're tying to learn about financial modeling and the nitty gritty if finance, I would not say it's the best. But good to get your sponsorship for your license!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to be a financial advisor? Tell me about yourself? How do you learn best? Of your close friends(warm network) would you feel comfortable reaching out to and how would they react/be interested in knowing more information/becoming a client/giving a referral? Social skills? Very personality based and behavioral questions. Not hard... Just be true to yourself
I interviewed at Equitable Advisors (New York, NY)
Interview
Quick process, show you're hungry and they'll give you a shot. Had one zoom, one in person meeting, and then a compensation breakdown. Nothing guaranteed, up to you to make money. Good for someone self motivated and will bet on themselves.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Are you comfortable getting in the office at 8am and leaving at 8pm?
I applied online. I interviewed at Equitable Advisors
Interview
Online video interview that was vague on job duties. Interview length was fast and convincing I was a good fit but there was no follow up. Company will ghost you.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked if I had experience with financial services.
I interviewed at Equitable Advisors (Falls Church, VA)
Interview
2 rounds of phone interviews and then 1 interview in office where you make a presentation about prospecting for clients once you would have the role. Phone calls were behavioral while the in office was more about your plan to succeed