Does internship or contract work qualify as work experience?

CFA General
#1

Sorry to beat a dead horse, but I couldn’t find a clear, credible answer on this.

Does internship or contract work (full-time but on temporary basis) count towards the 4 year requirement?

Thanks in advance.

#2

For sure internship does ( i don’t see why not?) but not sure about contract work if it’s too short and you have no way of verifying it.

#3

If contract work is ongoing and 50% of it is related to making investment decisions or usin material in the curriculum, that can count. CFAI accepted mine.

#4

Thank you bchad. Solid answer as always.

It was basically tagging line items in financial statements for a market vendor (think bloomberg, factset, etc).

#5

I had been looking for answers everywhere for this and learnt the truth through my own experience. Therefore i am adding my input to every thread with this question to help other LIII passers - Yes relevant full time internship counts, just like other jobs. At least it is true for 2014.