Waddell & Reed Financial Analyst interview experience

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United StatesPosted Mar 2015 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a more demanding, multi-step Waddell & Reed process that felt designed to test my comfort with sales and my home support system, and it stretched over weeks.

Intro + homework — after an initial conversation, I was sent away with material to review and come back with questions.
Sales readiness exercise — I had to build a large list of people and then call a subset to discuss my potential entry into the field.
Debrief / call-log review — they reviewed my list and how my calls went.
Spouse or support-system interview — the later stage involved a discussion with a significant other to ensure buy-in for several years of commission-based work.
Additional assessments — I also encountered rounds where they used personality

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