It was a very LONG hiring process. This is the basic time line for me: 1) Mid April: Got an interview at the branch through a friend. Then I applied online and the FA referred me to the home office 2) 1.5 weeks later I get a notification in my email to take an online assesment. Took me 1 hour 3) 2 weeks later I get a callbck frm HR to set up phone interview with home office. Fortunately it happened the same week they called 4) About 2.5 weeks later I get a call from FA for a second face-to-face interview. Now, this is already around mid May 5) 3 weeks later I get an official offer from HR. I accepted it and had to provide necessary docs for background check 6) 1 week later background check process starts. I personally made a mistake of turning in one of the requiremed docs. late so another 1.5 week added. Now that was my fault. 7) It's now end of June. I did all my part and another week I wait for HR to respond 8) Second week of July, HR calls notifying that I passed the background check and when I can start. I say I can start ASAP. I start the follwing week on a WED. It took from mid-April to mid-July. If I turned in my docs. earlier that I probably would have started beginning of July. Even then....very very very long process.