Series License Exams

Hey everyone, 

Recently received an IB analyst offer through lateral recruiting, which I'm excited about. The bank mentioned that I would need to pass 3 series license exams (7,63,79) within the first 90 days of the new job, which I have not yet taken as my current job isn't in IB. 

How worried should I be regarding the difficulty of the 3 Series exams? Are they things that most people pass with ease or are the exams relatively difficult and require significant amount of studying / prep?

Also, what are some of the best resources to study for the 3 series exams (would like to get a headstart on these if possible)?

Thanks!

3 Comments
 

Sign up for Knopman’s test prep and knock these out soon as possible. Once you start it will be become challenging to find time to study while managing a full work load. The material is not all that difficult if you have a finance background but everybody is different in terms of their test taking abilities. There certainly is a decent amount of material and concepts to get under your belt so better to get started sooner rather than later. Best of luck man and congrats on the new gig

 

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