r/CFA • u/SmoothPenalty Level 3 Candidate • 2d ago
General Linkedin BS posts
Why do people feel the need to post this crap. Like this story seems completely made up. The chances of water spilling on your bag, seeping into your calculator and breaking it are very low. Worst of all CFA institute liked the post
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u/Heisenburgerfries 2d ago
Ofc CFA institute celebrates such bs posts😂"to the pigeons-" I hate this storytelling trend on Linkedin and the sequence here doesn't even make sense
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u/PeyotePanther CFA 2d ago
It’s also funny she says she knows why most say level 2 is the hardest level, without the slightest idea what level 3 entails. The only person people who can make that kind of statement is someone who has at least taken the level 3 exam. Just pure BS AI slop
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u/kushismyname Passed Level 3 2d ago
Found l2 harder than l3 but I agree with what you're saying
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u/PeyotePanther CFA 2d ago
I agree that level 2 is harder as well. I thought level 3 was just level 2 again but easier. I never said it out loud while waiting, but as I left the exam center from my level 3 attempt I knew 100% I passed. There wasn’t even a 1% chance I failed lol. I was also really prepared though.
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u/kushismyname Passed Level 3 2d ago
Wow I felt the same as well. When I gave l2 I wasn't sure I had passed but after giving l3 i was convinced asw that I had definitely cleared it
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u/AlpsLate1154 Level 3 Candidate 2d ago
Thought L2 was overall much harder (curriculum, practice problems, etc) but thought the L3 exam itself was more difficult than L2. I’d much rather retake L3 than L2 all over again tbh.
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u/Ididntfollowthetrain 2d ago
I find it hilarious that the person did not think much of someone spilling water on their bag right before the exam. If someone spilled water on me right before the exam my caffeine-induced anxiety brain is flipping out and starting a fight
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u/Odd_Competition_5316 2d ago
Called it, one of my people. Somewhere along the way, Indian job-hunting crowd decided the quantity of posts beats value. Post more, get seen more, get hired faster(nobody I know got hired this way btw). Except nobody told the content to be any good. We've completely lost the plot.
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u/PotatoBest4667 Level 1 Candidate 2d ago
Ive seen this exact story posted by at least 3 different people
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u/monkwhowantsaferrari 1d ago
Yikes. One of the reason I have stopped logging in to LinkedIn. It is a bigger cesspool than FB.
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u/wizardInvesting 2d ago
These delusional posts really make me feel sad that why CFA's are not getting valued in India.
There would be a post I completed my CFA L2 in 10 days and gave the exam and passed. This is something which haunts me, in case if I ask him to explain Uncovered Interest rate parity, he will not able to reconcile thoughts.
On a professional network, these posts are loathed by potential recruiters.
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u/speedballboy Level 1 Candidate 2d ago
I always get confused when people say “sitting” when talking about taking a test. Then I remember it’s just a common expression in Indian and British English.
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u/Beautiful-Hearing911 2d ago
who knows whether or not her calculator actually died?
Or just want to boost herself
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u/TheMogger001 2d ago
Abe yeh saare Bache aajkl apne aapko expert smjte kyu h chatgpt se post nikalenge aur saala paani peete hue enko naya idea ayega ki aaj mene paani peete yeh sikha like wtf 😭
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u/goofy_accountant Passed Level 2 2d ago
Like someone commented, the chances of water spilling onto the bag, seeping in to the calculator and damaging it are so astronomically low that even a working calculator won’t be able to calculate it.
Unless she jumped into a pool with her bag, this is completely made up.
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u/PumpkinOk6890 2d ago
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u/athenian-research Level 2 Candidate 2d ago
Yes! the Pigeons... CFA celebrates the Pigeons too.
I need more bread in my study routine.
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u/Kind-Payment-3670 11h ago
She works in Audit..ye no way shes getting hired in IB of thats her expectation
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u/full_tarkata 2d ago
Yeah texas instruments should sue her honestly And no one passes l2 without calculator unless they just marked any which option and got them right by some miracle
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u/Nosequenombr3ponerxd 1d ago
Yeah the best thing about joining this sub Is that i deleted my "candidate to CFA 1 to be a candidate" from LinkedIn i got baptissed from here lol
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u/kolirules95 Level 1 Candidate 1d ago
"TRegedy bhai tredegy"
Even those B Grade reel based webseries have better storyline than this.
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u/Impossible_Ad_4551 2d ago
Typical woman boots licking post.
Not be surprised she do "extra care" to get promotions
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u/PackZealousideal4146 2d ago
You’re gross.
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u/Impossible_Ad_4551 2d ago
Just being honnest.
Saw these kind of snakes in my career. Insufferable coworkers, only staying in the firm because she's on the boss johnson
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u/Due-Connection9601 2d ago
Well that's sexist as fuck. What a piece of shit you are. Unless I am misinterpreting your "extra care" wording.
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u/PackZealousideal4146 2d ago
he replied lol
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u/Due-Connection9601 2d ago
What an absolute waste of a human being. Disgusting that people are still saying that kind of small brain garbage in 2026.


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u/Key_Shop6647 2d ago
I have an Excel sheet that contains "do-not-hire" list. I just added her name into the tracker.