Alright, which dept did you apply for? CFA does make the difference, pay attention, I said CFA, I didn’t say CFA candidate! If you are interested in banking industry, generally speaking, research needs CFA, most people at sales/trading don’t have that(some courses of how to bsing would be nice! Joking!), PWM, only a few, not a lot. Where else, GAM, still depends what do you do there. I would say pass level II first, then firms will look at you more closely, anyone can pass level I these days, it’s like applying for a job that needs you to speak chinese, all you can say is ni hao.