First Command Financial Services·Financial Analyst

First Command Financial Services Financial Analyst interview experience

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San Diego, CAPosted Nov 2017 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I had a first interview that started with a recruiter painting the job in really positive terms—almost like it was too good to be true.

The conversation shifted quickly when the expectations around training and licensing came up: they wanted me to study in the office every day for securities licensing and other training, and they emphasized that pay wouldn’t start until after I passed exams and got my licenses.

That same theme—delays and tradeoffs—kept resurfacing in how they described the overall path. They told me there would be a stretch of time working with no pay while certifications were earned, even while promising certain compensation later. For me, the mismatch between what they presented initially and what I’d

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