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      Financial Advisor Interview

      Jul 27, 2015
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Montclair, VA
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Edward Jones (Montclair, VA) in Jul 2015

      Interview

      The process moves along quickly after your application Is completed and resume submitted. A recruiter reviewed my resume and invited me to a phone interview within 48 hours. You have eight days to accept the invitation and schedule the phone interview with a local recruiter. I asked for an extension and scheduled the interview within 10 days. The interview consisted of four questions related to past work experience, your interest in Edward Jones specifically, your work related interests in general, and some "how did you handle" questions. The recruiter also described the training pipelines and starting salaries for transitioning military members and civilian Financial Advisors. Military can expect a 6 month training timeline, self-study for your license in a local EJ advisor's office, $65k first year salary plus eligible for a bonus, but not eligible for commissions. Civilian training pipeline is a little shorter, first year salary is 50% of the average of your last two years salary plus commission and bonus. You are also expected to make eight sold contacts by "prospecting" for clients. To Edward Jones this primarily means going door-to-door. Within two hours of completing the interview with the recruiter I was send an invitation to conduct a face-to-face interview with a local senior FA. You are asked to set up the interview with that the FA within 48 hours and report back to the recruiter when the interview is scheduled. After thinking about the position over the weekend I decided to withdraw from the process.

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      Tell me about your responsibilities during the last five years of work and describe an accomplishment you are proud of.
      Answer question

      Question 2

      Describe a situation where you had to explain a difficult concept. How did you go about explaining it and what was the outcome?
      1 Answer
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      Other Financial Advisor Interview Reviews for Edward Jones

      Financial Advisor Interview

      Apr 23, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Edward Jones

      Interview

      Interview process first consists of numerous dinner events, all very laid back where you get to learn more about the company and the advisors in the region, and they get to learn more about you. If you keep getting invited back to dinners, consider it progress in the interview process. Honestly, the best, most effective interview process.
      1

      Financial Advisor Interview

      Feb 11, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Vancouver, WA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Edward Jones (Vancouver, WA)

      Interview

      it's a series of interviews with people in the office then a full-day of simulating the role of the advisor where you're receiving calls from clients and team mates as well as receiving emails. As a career-changer, this was the part of the interview phase where I realized Edward Jones wasn't the right start to my career as a financial advisor and ended up going somewhere that invested in my growth rather than a "sink or swim" type of place.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Why do you want to be a financial advisor
      Answer question

      Financial Advisor Interview

      Feb 10, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Fort Worth, TX
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Edward Jones (Fort Worth, TX)

      Interview

      Interview process is very lengthy. 6 steps, very in depth. HR screening, in person interview, 1 year plan, day in the life role play (3 hours long) where you had to call actors who were playing clients and prospects

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How do you build trust with a new client?
      1 Answer

      Edward Jones interviews FAQs

      • Financial Advisor applicants have rated the interview process at Edward Jones with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Financial Advisor roles take an average of 46 days to get hired, when considering 595 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Edward Jones overall takes an average of 41 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at Edward Jones as a Financial Advisor according to 595 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Phone interview:  23%

        One on one interview:  18%

        Background check:  14%

        Drug test:  12%

        Skills test:  10%

        Personality test:  7%

        Presentation:  7%

        Other:  4%

        IQ intelligence test:  3%

        Group panel interview:  2%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

        1. Financial Advisor(1777) ;
        2. BOA Branch Office Administrator(731) ;
        3. On-Call Branch Office Administrator(102) ;
        4. Senior Branch Office Administrator(91) ;
        5. Financial Advisor Trainee(90) ;
        6. Branch Office Administrator(72) ;
        7. Service Specialist(53) ;
        8. Intern(39) ;
        9. Financial Advisor Intern(34) ;
        10. Team Leader(28) ;
        11. Associate(26) ;
        12. Administrative Assistant(25) ;
        13. Analyst(22) ;
        14. BOA(22) ;
        15. Customer Service Representative(22) .


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