Passing the series 6???? (employment, tips, unemployment, job)

[ctwhitechin]

So after months of unemployment I finally get offered a job, they will sponsor me for the series 6. I guess my first month on the job is studying for this exam, plus a week course at Kaplan. This is not a sales position, but down the road I will be talking to people about their current retirement annuities, hence the need for the series 6 license.

Anyone take it, I know I have to study, any other tips, is it a lot of memorization?