Make sure that your education and work experience schedules don't overlap. Keep in mind that you must be 11 months after graduation to take the level II exam and that you must have completed your degree or have accumulated 4,000 hours of professional work experience to take the level III exam. If you find work after passing Level I or Level II, here's a useful article on how to study for a CFA while working full time. If you have only passed the CFA L1, firstly, it doesn't say much and, secondly, you can only say on your resume that you have passed the CFA Level 1 exam or that of a CFA Level 2 candidate.
As a result, there are definitely CFA charterers who have taken the CFA exam with no experience in finance. CFA Institute preparation providers are prohibited from including in their products and services simulated questions for the official CFA Institute exam or any other question other than the final reading question.
