I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at FactSet (London, England) in Jul 2013
Interview
This was for a graduate position, and I still have to take the face-to-face interview, but so far they have been really communicative and have answered any question I had by email really quick. In the phone interview, which took exactly 60 minutes, they asked me basic questions about data structures and object oriented programming. In one of those they made me compare benefits and drawbacks of using arrays instead of linked lists. Another question revolved on the fact that data would be coming in real time and I had to used some sort of heap or ordered list to keep this data. I also had the typical question about motivations, why FactSet, and a bit about their competition.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at FactSet (London, England) in Feb 2026
Interview
3 rounds of interviews.
1 behavioural interview, 1 technical interview (leetcode), 1 system design interview
all interviews were online.
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Interview questions [2]
Question 1
System Design:
Design google docs with version control.
Standard with 4 rounds including a phone interview and a HR interview. The product demo is the intro, after which a tech and HR rounds occur back to back. Usually takes 3.5 hours after the 1 hour phone interview
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at FactSet (Hyderābād) in Dec 2025
Interview
It was a very casual interview. I was told the interview would start at 8:45 AM but it started around 10 AM. The interviewer was very friendly and walked me through my thought process towards solving the given problem. There were two rounds of interviews, purely technical though I did not get shortlisted for the second round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given an array of integers, and an integer k, what is the length of the longest subarray of the same consecutive integers we can get if we can remove any k elements from the array.
Software Engineer I applicants have rated the interview process at FactSet with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer I roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 316 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 Software Engineer I according to 316 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 23%
Skills test: 14%
Group panel interview: 11%
Presentation: 9%
Background check: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Personality test: 3%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 1%
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