Did anyone apply to the SEC recently Forum

[Anonymous User]

Can anyone offer feedback on the interview process?

This is entirely from my experience, but the steps of my process look something like this:

• Apply for posting
  Get asked for more documents
  First round interview lasting roughly 40 minutes with certain script questions
  Second round interview with panel and 90 minute writing exercise

[Anonymous User]

Are they ever gonna hire enforcement attorneys in NY? Or did I somehow miss the posting? (Anon because I want to apply obviously.)

[Anonymous User]

Are they ever gonna hire enforcement attorneys in NY? Or did I somehow miss the posting? (Anon because I want to apply obviously.)

you missed the posting. i don't think they did it on usajobs, i think they did it on linkedin and their website, etc. but they had a ton of candidates, including the backlog of everyone who had cold applied.

[Anonymous User]

Does anyone know how the written portion works? I have mine coming up and there hasn't been much guidance on what to expect...

[Anonymous User]

Has anyone that’s interviewed gotten any feedback or an offer?

[Anonymous User]

Also interested to hear if anyone has recently received an offer (or rejection) and what the turn around time was after interviewing.

[Anonymous User]

Got an offer 1.5 weeks after my interview.

If you only had a first round interview and haven't heard anything by now, unfortunately I think that means you're not getting it.

If you had a second round interview and haven't heard anything, there's probably still some time, but not much.

Good luck, everyone.

[Anonymous User]

Got an offer 1.5 weeks after my interview.

If you only had a first round interview and haven't heard anything by now, unfortunately I think that means you're not getting it.

If you had a second round interview and haven't heard anything, there's probably still some time, but not much.

Good luck, everyone.

Thanks for this. Would you mind sharing which office?

[Anonymous User]

Smaller satellite office

[Anonymous User]

Has anyone heard from the DC office?

[Anonymous User]

if you haven't heard anything you didn't get it. they basically need to have names to lock in by the end of the month for fiscal year purposes. sorry

[Anonymous User]

Has anyone heard from the DC office?

I got my rejection voicemail this week saying that they had selected someone else for the position I interviewed for and that candidate had accepted.

[John12345]

Sorry to hear that. How long ago did you interview? Did you do two rounds?

[Anonymous User]

Sorry to hear that. How long ago did you interview? Did you do two rounds?

I did two rounds in late July and mid August.

[Anonymous User]

Sorry to hear that. How long ago did you interview? Did you do two rounds?

I did two rounds in late July and mid August.

That sucks. It seems like the worst may be over for the hiring freeze, so perhaps next year there will be more openings. So just keep abreast of everything and keep in contact with anyone you know there.

[Anonymous User]

Have any of you that applied actually held a securities license prior, such as a series 6 or series 7? Would that count as experience? Or at least a demonstrated interest? Or is it more of doing an internship as an SEC JLC and using that to get you in? I’m also amazed on the higher comp sec attorneys get. Very comparable to big law.

[Anonymous User]

There have been a fair amount of openings posted in the last couple months. For one posting, it's been almost a month since I got notified my application had been referred to the hiring official and I haven't heard anything. Should I take this as a sign that they're interviewing other people or does it really take this long just to get contacted for an interview?

[Anonymous User]

Can anyone offer feedback on the interview process?

This is entirely from my experience, but the steps of my process look something like this:

• Apply for posting
  Get asked for more documents
  First round interview lasting roughly 40 minutes with certain script questions
  Second round interview with panel and 90 minute writing exercise

How much time in between each stage?

[Anonymous User]

bump

[Anonymous User]

Can anyone offer feedback on the interview process?

This is entirely from my experience, but the steps of my process look something like this:

• Apply for posting
  Get asked for more documents
  First round interview lasting roughly 40 minutes with certain script questions
  Second round interview with panel and 90 minute writing exercise

How much time in between each stage?

Lots of time between application closing and interview request. I recently got an offer for a position that took so long to reach out to me that I was assuming I had been rejected. Two weeks between first round and second round. Another two or so weeks between second round and offer. You can ignore all the emails from USAJobs; unless it says you've been rejected, they are just noise. Interview request will come from OHR.

Wouldn't shock me if the pending change in administration has people concerned about whether all the sudden the Senate is going to start caring about the deficit again, which could affect budget and therefore hiring.

[Anonymous User]

Any word from their December 2020 job posting?

[Anonymous User]

If you are referring to the Texas opening, I received a notification that my application was not being referred to the hiring managers. I believe that was back in January. So I believe applications have already been reviewed. Not sure if this helps.

[Anonymous User]

Did anyone apply to the San Francisco opening? If so, have you heard back yet?

[Anonymous User]

I did and haven’t heard anything. Same for the Philly opening.

[Anonymous User]

Does anyone know, other than why SEC, what questions are asked at first round? For Enforcement.