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      Research Specialist Interview

      May 12, 2016
      Anonymous employee
      Youngstown, OH

      Other Research Specialist Interview Reviews for FactSet

      Research Specialist Interview

      Aug 12, 2014
      Anonymous employee
      Norwalk, CT
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at FactSet (Youngstown, OH) in Dec 2014

      Interview

      I got called for an interview and came in the following week. Two people asked questions, while I sat across a table in a conference room and they wrote down everything I said. Don't wear high heels to an interview here. To get to the conference room, you have to walk through all of the current employees working in an extremely quiet office, on wood floors. Everyone looks up and stares at you. It's very awkward.

      Interview questions [5]

      Question 1

      Name a natural disaster in the past year and three industries it impacted.
      Answer question

      Question 2

      What are your strengths? Weaknesses?
      1 Answer

      Question 3

      Name three news stories that happened over the past six months.
      1 Answer

      Question 4

      Tell me about a conflict you faced at work and how you dealt with it.
      1 Answer

      Question 5

      How would others describe you?
      1 Answer
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at FactSet (Norwalk, CT)

      Interview

      Screening phone interview with HR, initial in-person interview with hiring manager group 1 but was not given an offer, initial call interview with hiring manager group 2, and round two in-person interviews with hiring manager group 2 and two colleagues each individually. Everyone was friendly and asked standard questions about my background.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Specific question about data.
      Answer question

      Research Specialist Interview

      Sep 2, 2014
      Anonymous employee
      Norwalk, CT
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at FactSet (Norwalk, CT) in Mar 2014

      Interview

      Originally started through campus recruiting. Initial interview was for Consultant, eventually was moved over to Product Development interview. Interview was at the corporate headquarters in Norwalk, Ct. Interviewed with 6 different members of PD team for about 45min-1hr each. Questions asked ranged from general i.e. "Do you have any coding experience" to general finance "What are some processes for company valuation, and how would you go about them" along with specific questions in excel.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What is your favorite excel function (answered nested if or pivot tables). Okay, now make either in this spreadsheet.
      1 Answer