I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at SEC (Washington, DC) in Jan 2016
Interview
Applied online and was contacted about 3 weeks later for an interview. The interview was two staff attorneys who asked various questions. If you are not from a finance background, you may want to brush up on a few concepts. Mostly it was just why intern for the Securities and Exchange Commission. What makes you drawn to our program? Some of the questions were incredibly challenging as they try to make you answer quickly and off the cuff.
I applied online. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at SEC (Washington, DC) in Feb 2025
Interview
I completed an online application and specified my divisions of interest. Then, I was contacted to interview with a professional. Later, I was extended an offer with ten days to respond.
Takes a while to get to the interview as they do background check, but once there appears to go quickly (I heard back within a week, and I believe others had similar experiences)
The interview process was as expected, and the questions were pretty standard for the internship application process. I had several rounds of interviews over the phone, and all went very smoothly. The interviewers answered my questions very easily.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions were asked about interests in securities regulation and legal background