I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at FactSet (Hyderābād) in Jun 2012
Interview
Process.
--Written test consist 3 segments Financials(40 Quest), Aptitude(10 quest), English (10 Questions) all are multiple choice. and section cut-off is there 1hr duration.
Financial questions are very basic ones every one answer those like NASDAQ full name, calculation of profit from sales after tax and depreciation, some related to bonds, when company winding up 1st preference of settling debt.. etc
Aptitude consists some are arthematic and finding area of cylinder when height and base are given, questions related to circles, and some are solving quadratic Equations,
English Consists of very easy questions like finding errors in a sentence(5) and passage n questions(5)
[Elimination round]
--Next one is on computer, they give a 8-10 page pdf document and 20 questions on a paper, we need to answer those questions from the pdf document.(Time 20 min.) [elimination Round]
--1:1 Technical Interview mostly on basic of accounting and stock markets. i faced 10-12 some of them are..
1.Financial markets n types
2.What is primary market
3.IPO comes under which market(Primary mkt)
4.Portfolio Diversification
5.Hedge fund
6.Ratio analysis n Activity ratios
7.Profitability ratios
8.Difference b/w preference and equity shares
9.Zero coupon bond
10.Intrinsic value
asked briefly about my self and willing work in shifts r not, how long can u work for the company.. etc..
firstly hacker rank assessment, if you qualify after 10 to 15 days will get a mail for technical interview.
after the interview you will know the result by afternoon.
the technical round majorly focuses on financial concepts.
Online Exam, then initial interview with the hr, and lastly panel interview. Exam was more about on financial statements. They will immediately tell you if you pass the interview or not. The HR was nice, but sadly I didn't get the role.
I applied in-person. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at FactSet (Hyderābād)
Interview
Interview runs very smoothly but the concern was the company looks the education background rather then skills and proficiency in that domine. So please change that remaining all are ok. They did like friendly
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