With an average pass rate of 74%, the SIE exam difficulty is very challenging. For a passing pass rate score, candidates must answer 53 out of the 75 questions correctly. Individuals who are 18 or older are eligible to take the SIE FINRA exam.

What is the pass rate on the SIE exam?

The SIE Exam’s current pass rate is 74% for first-timers and 82% overall. These numbers are largely unchanged from the pass rates that FINRA previously released in January 2019.

Why is the SIE exam so hard?

The SIE exam is hard for some people for the same reason that any new subject is difficult. To this point, in my experience with students, the SIE Exam difficulty is not so much due to the challenging nature of the questions. It’s more due to the novelty of the content.