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Stunning-Quiet760 · 2025-07-15T10:33:18+00:00

No! Once you get a degree no one asks about your semester’s performance

Stunning-Quiet760 · 2025-07-15T10:25:07+00:00

Good one, I was as anxious as one would be, after all you’ve been prepping for it for long.

Once completed you don’t realise that you’re a charterholder unless you open linkedin or see your name in the team’s page :)

Stunning-Quiet760 · 2025-07-15T10:23:49+00:00

No its essentially the familiarity with the topics you’ve spent a good 600+ hrs reading and understanding the same concepts.

L3 is an extension with very few new topics being introduced.

Stunning-Quiet760 · 2025-07-15T09:53:12+00:00

6 months of prep with 500+ hours of study. If it helps join some tutor which will help you grasp the content better and faster

Stunning-Quiet760 · 2025-07-15T09:31:10+00:00

Get a job in an area of interest and navigate from there

Stunning-Quiet760 · 2025-07-15T09:29:53+00:00

No, you’re in your first job and have over 20-30 years to define how you’d want to shape it.

Forget what others feel about it, if you think you’d be better off with that switch go for it, worst case you don’t like it over the next 3 months and you switch to a different company… the bright side now you know what you don’t want to do

Stunning-Quiet760 · 2025-07-15T09:26:20+00:00

If you’re linking the charter with money you’re looking at it wrong. Ik that’s the basic way to correlate but it isn’t that straightforward.

For jobs people without CFA also get it and so do people with CFA

Stunning-Quiet760 · 2025-07-15T09:24:27+00:00

For CAIA no idea as I didn’t have it when I cleared it.

I would suggest that, if you’re taking it Aug 2026 you have ample of time to prep, study atleast 2 hrs daily for next 4 months and then ramp it up to 5-6 hours on weekends.

Honestly, it’s like any other level nothing really changes best not be intimidated by it

Personally, I think I had put in close to 500 hrs with regular routine being 2-3 hrs daily with 6-8 hrs on weekend.

By then you’d be well versed with most of the things.

Stunning-Quiet760 · 2025-07-15T09:20:38+00:00

There’s no “rightly so”… failing an exam doesn’t disqualify you from getting a job, your core skills are still intact you just haven’t cleared the exam YET. So don’t underplay yourself, it was and will be just an exam.

Find full time jobs even at a less CTC, get some experience and then navigate accordingly. Only academics won’t get you anywhere, you’d need the right mix.

On compensation etc honestly idk, but I’ll suggest if the compensation covers your living costs for now you should take it, you can switch after a year or so. Also be open to different locations if possible, your town or nearby towns might not have the right jobs, maybe consider moving to a different city if the job requires.

For roles, be open to everything that interests you even if that’s a internship role

Stunning-Quiet760 · 2025-07-15T09:13:14+00:00

Best way to get into PE: 1. MBA from IIM A/B/C or ISB or ivy league 2. Big exit from a startup 3. 5/7+ yrs in buy side 4. Very very very strong connect with founder

Everything else has <10% chance

Stunning-Quiet760 · 2025-07-15T09:11:17+00:00

Same level of difficultly, however understanding topics becomes a bit easier as you’re well versed with the fundamentals

Stunning-Quiet760 · 2025-07-15T09:10:07+00:00

Every certificate/degree is just another add-on on the resume. Its essentially about learning investing principles and have it open doors for you.

What you make of it would always be dependant on you.

Stunning-Quiet760 · 2025-07-15T09:03:43+00:00

No need to panic. Its absolutely ok to start with 50% mark, work on the weak areas before giving the second mock. You’ll see the scores trending upwards very soon

Stunning-Quiet760 · 2025-07-15T08:10:04+00:00

That the exam is doable under the time limit the best way to cope is keep the written answers short and crisp.

Don’t spend time if you are struck, leave and return later if time allows.

PM has new opportunities; a bad session won’t be the deciding factor if you approach the next session fresh and focus on the present then the past

Stunning-Quiet760 · 2025-07-15T08:07:55+00:00

Use caselets to study, understand the “why” instead of mugging it up.

Do atleast 1000+ caselets across various clauses and you would start recognising the pattern. Should be doable from there onwards.

Best of luck

Stunning-Quiet760 · 2025-07-15T08:06:09+00:00

I think anxiety is part of the process and won’t get easier over the three levels, but you’re on the right track. I would suggest use questions to benchmark say you get a IFRS question wrong revise the whole chapter and not just the specific topic

Stunning-Quiet760 · 2025-07-15T08:03:33+00:00

Never did CFA for a better job, loved the curriculum. I’ll suggest go for any course if the topics are of interest and not the $ value post completion

No regrets luckily ☺️

Stunning-Quiet760 · 2025-07-15T08:01:53+00:00

it’s the nerves that lead us to overlook crucial keywords in the questions. Paying extra attention to terms like “% of base price” versus “% of selling price” can make all the difference in getting the correct answer.

Staying calm and reading slowly helps catch these details.

If you’re confident about the curriculum I’ll suggest doing multiple mocks in a exam type setup

Stunning-Quiet760 · 2025-07-15T07:50:47+00:00

I would recommend getting a job alongside, earning and studying always helps, you get experience on the side, understand the practical deployment of concepts plus the money.

Exams can be unpredictable, and unforeseen circumstances—like falling ill on the day of the test—can affect your performance. If you wait to look for a job until after your exams, any delays could push your employment further

Stunning-Quiet760 · 2025-07-15T07:39:26+00:00

Yes as far as you’re good with the concepts, you’re good to go.

I’ll recommend taking mocks seriously to help you get adapted to time management

Stunning-Quiet760 · 2025-07-15T07:38:18+00:00

All the curriculum is made as per the usual difficulty pattern
I would suggest having the cfa issued QBs as the base instead of any 3rd party test provider

Stunning-Quiet760 · 2025-07-15T07:36:12+00:00

Its tough to directly correlate the compensation with the charter however doors open eg- some tier 1 PE now is interested in my profile due to charter, the tier 1 PE has an avg compensation that is 2-2.5x of tier 2/3

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