Why would anyone write this on a resume? Why would anyone hire anyone who wrote this on a resume? And why would anyone bother to check? It’s worthy of much pity.
But I did learn what a “circle jerk” is, so there is at least some value to this thread.
Just write to CFA and ask them about it. I dont know if they would verify and give out the information but i am sure they will reply to you.
Anyone who makes the 18 months claim should have the email confirms. However, as noted above, that would not eliminate the chance they failed Level 1 previously.
I don’t know if someone passed all three level in 18 months, he will receives a confirming email or not. But there is a way to check if someone registered for an exam but didn’t pass (didn’t appear on the exam or failed the exam). And this method also allows to verify if he passed all three exam in consecutive but failed the level 1 previously.
Step 1: Connect to the account of this person (you must have his authorization) and go to this link
https://www.cfainstitute.org/account/programs/Pages/index.aspx
Step 2: Click on View your curriculum redemption or tracking codes in Your CFA® Program
Step 3: The page shows all level exams registered. For instance, if this person is CFA Charterholder but has 2 lines “Level I eBook Curriculum …”, he might have failed once the level 1.
If someone tells you they got +70 on all three exams on all parts, is the guy only a douchebag or a super douchebag? How to tell?
Your question is irrelevant here. But ok, I try to answer it.
If someone really got +70 on all three exams on all parts and this is a fact, there is no reason he must hide this and people have no reason to judge him a douchebag.
The problem is: he should prove he had really +70 on all three exams. If he can’t, it’s normal if people have a doubt what he said is true or not.
First of all, my question was in jest.
Secondly, it is as relevant to passing all on first attempt. Thirdly, people should just claim to have the CFA charter or not to have the CFA charter. All this other stuff is crap. You have it or you don’t.
It is a form of differentiating among other charterholders. Is it a Dbag move if someone says I have an MBA…From Harvard…The guy has MBA but did he have to say Harvard? Yes, of course, it allows him to be different in a better way.
brah, if we are talking about HBS, brosef says “I was a Baker Scholar”
we all know thats top 5% at HBS
On a much much smaller scale, passing CFA in 18 months is pretty impressive and a way to differentiate from the birds who took +5 years.
Even if you are only a tadpole in a pond, you should still try to differentiate. Those great white sharks (Harvard MBAs) out in the ocean will try their way to differentiate in their world.
:)), Ok, I think I was too serious.
If someone told me that he/she passed all three levels in 18 months, I would ask which Starbucks they worked in during that period. I would also ask how many circle jerks they participated in during that time, as clearly they were single during the entire period with nothing but an onanistic social life. It would also be instructive to hear why they felt passing straight on three attempts is somehow worthy of some level of awe, beyond a mere shrug and a pat on the head. Then I would move on to the next resume of someone who actually had a life.
Well I will tell you why. Went to Stanford and graduated magna cum laude. Then off to a fund in NYC and while working 60 hours a week I managed to pass CFA in 18 months. I bring this up because unlike birds like yourself Mr. Interviewer, CFA exams were merely a cake walk for my immensely powerful brain. So, for some it takes 4 or even 5 years but it took me 18 months. This means that when you have lot of workload and/or under pressure and/or have new research projects no one has done before…I am the person to tackle these jobs because well I am the best. But since I work for the best, I believe I am in the wrong meeting, wrong company, with the wrong person. Thanks for your time.
Stanford is a good school. My sister got her Masters degree there - beautiful campus.
How to tell if the buttocks is really real? Same snuff test as the boobies?
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a) who gives a fuck.
b) if you get upset about people saying they passed all 3 levels on the first attempt or if you whine about people saying they scored >70% on every topic, it just looks like you either failed one or more times and/or did not get >70% on every topic, in which case you’re a dumb dumb (kidding).
c) who gives a fuck.
d) anyone who gives it a red hot go is alright in my book, regardless of their success. I don’t get hung up on the details.
I think if you’re inclined to brag about it, you could do it more subtly by having the CFAI in the education section of your resume and simply list the month/year for each level of the exam you passed.
If you want to verify it, hack CFA Institute’s computers.
It appears that you need to take a pill.