I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Fidelity Investments (Salt Lake City, UT) in Jan 2011
Interview
Phone call from recruiter saying this is what the job is, this is what licenses we will pay to help you attain, this is a flat pay we give you - regardless of experience. After passing that interview you go onsite with a group of interviewees to take a tour of the site and have a panel interview with 2-3 current managers. The questions are typical of what you consider great customer service, examples you've done. How do you handle customer complaints and resolve them. Selling experience to someone who didn't want a product and how you got them to want it. After panel interview you take a test (which is indicative to how you will perform on the Series 7 and Series 63 exam). Called with an offer of what date to start (not being able to know which shift you will work). Once you go in for your first day of work they let you know which schedule you're working (which is typically a night schedule anywhere around 2-3pm-1-2am).
First a brief phone screening, and then I needed to schedule an in person interview. The phone screening was around 30 mins and the interview itself was about an hour.
I interviewed at Fidelity Investments (Sacramento, CA)
Interview
Interview starts with a phone call from recruiter, and then you move on to a branch leader for the future location you will work at and you have the chance to speak with some of the team.
I interviewed at Fidelity Investments (Austin, TX)
Interview
The job description was nothing like what the said it was. They advertised it as hybrid when it was full time in office. Implied would be customer service when it was sales.