FactSet Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details – 1.1 hour technical phone interview-basic about C++,algorithms,data structures
2.Onsite interview request after 1 week
3.At onsite:
               1. code review of a triangle class in C++
               2.OOP concepts questions,design a tennis board game
               3. write a code to add 2 reversed link lists and return the reversed link list
               4.write a code to detect a cycle in a directory structure
              5.HR interview
4.done for the day

Interview Details – I interviewed for a position at FactSet while completing my degree. HR reached out promptly following a college career fair, which made the process move quickly. FactSet enjoys creating an excitement and that leads to a positive perception of the corporate culture. Fresh, agile in hiring process, not too bureaucratic, and not extra phone screens.

Went through one 1:1 phone screen interview, followed 10 days later by a full-day onsite interview speaking with systems engineers and engineering managers. Four 45-minute technical interviews with pairs of interviewers through the day, plus intro, interview with manager, interview with asst director, discussion with HR, and lunch. Long day. I received an offer a few days later and was given 2 weeks to reply.

Negotiation Details – No room for negotiation

Interview Details – Referred by an employee 3 months ago. Got a phone interview and then invited to on-site interview. The on-site interview included: 1 product representation; 2 Code review; 3 OOD; 4 Algorithm implementation; 5 Lunch interview; 6 HR interview; 7 Director interview.

Suggestion: If you are a Java person and want to do back end development, this company may not for you. FactSet is a C++ shop. As far as I know, the on-site interview also proved what I heard, the employees who only know Java will be asked to either maintain legacy code written by Perl or do front end development using javascript. Java person barely has a chance to be assigned C++ back end development in FactSet.

Interview Details – Started off with a phone interview with a recruiter and followed it up with one with a developer there. I was unable to actually come on-site for a while the 2nd phone interview, and they were very willing to wait till I was available. I interviewed in their New York office, and the hospitality was AMAZING. They were extremely friendly, and I got a great vibe from the place. The interviewers definitely made me want to work there. In addition, my recruiter was absolutely AMAZING. Unlike many other recruiters for other companies, she was extremely helpful and replied back to my e-mails in an extremely prompt fashion. Overall, I would definitely recommend this company.

Reason for Declining – Decided I wanted to pursue other options (not necessarily industry nor financial software). But partially regret not accepting

Interview Details – Had a phone interview which lasted around 25 mins. Basic questions like why FactStet, why consulting, am I familiar with what FactSet does, etc.. Very easy and simple, try and establish a connection with the person you are talking with. Was offered to be flown out to SF on the phone and we scheduled a date. Flown out about 2 weeks later, stayed in a nice hotel and had on-site interview next day. Was interviewed with 2 other candidates. Had 4 different interviews all with Consulting Managers. 1 interview was 2 people the rest was 1 on 1. No case questions or anything out of the ordinary from a different interview. Most questions where behavioral (tell me a time when... leadership ex.... customer service ex.... etc..)

The company is really looking to see if you fit in with the people and culture. The role as a consultant is highly customer service oriented so be sure you know what you are applying for. After the 4 interviews 2 current consultants took all 3 of us out to lunch and then back to FactSet to get picked up from the driver and to the airport. No HR or group interview with the other interviewers. Although, when they presented FactSet's software in the beginning they did say sometimes a group interview happens. Make sure and have questions to ask them! They leave plenty of time to ask questions and this is a good way to show interest and you have done your research on the company.

After the interview I sent thank you cards to all of the people I met with. Did not hear back for almost 2 weeks before I was extended my offer. Very happy with the offer and signing bonus and full benefits and the entire package offered. FactSet is an excellent company and they treat their employee's great!

Main advice is be yourself and be confident. If not, they will read right through you.

Negotiation Details – No negotiation. As a consultant you are entry level and do not negotiate. I was very happy with the offer anyways. Very competitive for other consultant positions around SF and very competitive for entry level directly out of undergrad.

Interview Details – After applying two months ago, finally was contacted for a technical phone interview.
Interviewed with two members of the team. The interview was very technical.
Despite being a position that focused a little more needing networking skills, they asked many advance windows questions. The interviewers clearly seemed like they didn't come up with description of the job listing, as they constantly contradicted themselves when saying what the job entailed and focused.
The listed clearly stated they wanted someone with networking skills, and listed certain requirements, but stated I was wrong about the position when noticing the emphasis on networking in the listing.
The were also rude, and clearly haven't done interviewers for very long.
They also seemed like they wanted to rush the interview, and from the moment they said hello to the end they seemed disinterested.
They tried to trip me up with some the questions, but i knew I was right with the majority of them.
The listing also mentioned that the job was entry level, but the last time i checked, tier 3 support jobs are NOT entry level. Not a single tech company lists a tier 3 job as entry level.

Interview Details – Hiring - First telephone interview, then they will call onsite

Interview Details – Met with a company recruiter at a school career fair, handed in my resume, and also applied online. Soon, was contacted via e-mail to setup a phone interview. Was asked to describe stack vs. heap allocated memory, the usefulness and time-complexities of various arraylist operations, and the applications of hashmaps. Finally, was asked to implement a program that determined if a given integer array was a palindrome.

Interview Details – I submitted a resume at a career fair, and received an email that they would like to interview me. I had an initial phone interview where I was asked some technical questions regarding designing a deck of cards, comparison of java and c++, and I think some behavioral questions.

Onsite, I was asked to a question about strings, a design question, a code review, and probably another coding question.

The interviewers were very nice.