I applied through other source. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at FactSet (London, England) in Mar 2013
Interview
Once you submit the CV and cover letter and get through the 3 test (financial, numerical and excel) which are pretty easy compared to the other tests. Then theres the assessment centre, where you have a group exercise which is just prioritising a list of tasks and then what they call a micro teach, you are told to prepare in advance something to teach (non-finance related - the simpler the better for 10 minutes. Lastly theres the final interview which is with two consultant managers. Questions were pretty standard: why this particular industry? where else have you applied? questions on your CV? where would you invest your money right now? what finance topic interests you at the moment? who are the competitors - how does FactSet differ? The interviewers were very nice but do ask a lot of questions so know why you want to work there
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at FactSet (Los Angeles, CA) in Apr 2018
Interview
Average process. Nothing special. I remember them asking me about their company’s stock price at the start of the day of my interview. No one was very interested in interviewing me and came off distant. They did treat me to lunch however, but the two gentlemen that escorted me were plain individuals with little to add to conversation.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at FactSet (Fortaleza, Ceará) in Mar 2016
Interview
applied online process took 2-3weeks
Video interview with HR. Try to stay relaxed during interview my interviewer was making notes herself so didn't really have time to look up at my body languages etc i made some key notes on the side and referred to it quickly. I wasn't really interested in factset so was happy with the outcome used it more for interviewing preparation for other companies. Hope this helps someone who's keen to work there
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Whats the difference between buy/sell side
what is difference between M and IB
Why factset
When have you dealt conflict within a team
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at FactSet (Santa Clara, CA) in Feb 2016
Interview
On Campus Interview. Got the interview after going to an information session and introducing myself to the speaker. The speaker was a manager and ended up being the one who interviewed me. The interview was myself, the speaker, and his colleague. They each asked me questions.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
What was the name of the CEO? What is the current stock price ?
Financial Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at FactSet with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 17% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Financial Consultant roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 8 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at FactSet overall takes an average of 18 days.
Common stages of the interview process at FactSet as a Financial Consultant according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 36%
Phone interview: 29%
IQ intelligence test: 14%
Background check: 7%
Group panel interview: 7%
Presentation: 7%
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