Equitable Advisors Financial Advisor interview questions

Orientation comes first, where the EVP will promise a six-figure income. Then there are 4 more interviews, which are more like sales presentations for the position. Don't worry about the interview process, it's more like you're interviewing them. No college degree or experience required.

I applied to the position through my university's career website. In the first interview, I met with the leader of the financial advisor team that I would potentially be a part of. The interviewee was young, relax and easy to talk to. He explained that the position had a high failure rate and that a successful candidate must possess a strong entrepreneurial spirit and an ability to prevail through failure. After assuring him that I possessed both of these traits, he immediately asked me to come back for a second interview. In the second interview, an executive joined the original interviewee in conducting a series of more direct questions that pertained to the selling aspects of the position. Like the first interview, though, the atmosphere was very relaxed. At the end of their questioning--which took no longer than 15 minutes and could have been regarded as a conversation--they open the floor for me to ask particular questions about the position and the company. I asked a lot of pertinent, in-depth questions that impressed the executive and as a result, I was invited back for a third and final interview. Before going into my third interview, I was told to structure a client base. I put a lot of thought into the question and came into the interview with a prepared presentation. During the interview, I met only with the executive. A minute into presenting my client base to the executive, he stopped me and said that it was good and that he would like to offer me a position. From there, he spelled out the pre-contract and contract phases of employment. After a week of contemplating the offer, I declined.