I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at FactSet (London, England) in Nov 2015
Interview
Terrible experience interviewing at Factset. The HR department was high unprofessional and beyond inadequate. In the e-mail notifying me for first round interview, my name was spelt wrongly. I have no idea how this could even happen, considering that my name is six letters long, and they wrote another name which doesn't sound anything like mine and is somewhat Chinese-looking.
On the day of the interview, the interviewer decided to e-mail me hours before to change the time of interview, and then didn't even give me the new Zoom link until after the interview has began. We began interview 30 minutes later than the proposed time, which didn't help by how bored and disinterested the interviewer was. It wasn't even as though I lost her interest mid-way, she just came in looking bored and spent most of the time looking down. There wasn't any competency questions.
Overall it was a very unpleasant experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give me two questions which our clients may contact you about our product
I am sorry to hear you feel this way, I would be keen to find out more about your experience. Please contact me via sscadding@factset.com Sarah Scadding, Campus Recruitment Manager
Application
I interviewed at FactSet
Interview
3 Step process
Initial screening with HR
First in person interview with Senior Consultant which involved a round table discussion with other candidates and a presentation on your topic of choice. Third interview is a one on one with two senior consultants.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you know about Factset?
Basic Finance questions
What is Factsets share price?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at FactSet (London, England) in Dec 2019
Interview
First Step was a video interview, questions were pretty straightforward. The second step was an assessment centre day in their offices. Two technical tests, a microsoft excel test and a trial of their Fact Set platform (received tutorial on the day)
Invited to HR video interview after completing the online application and two online tests (numerical and financial)
Video interview was pretty straightforward, half of it was talking about yourself and your experience (CV), other half was testing your knowledge on FactSet.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Difference between Investment Management, Investment Banking, and Fixed Income