I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at FactSet (Norwalk, CT) in Oct 2013
Interview
Had the first interview on campus. During that interview, we set up a time for me to come out to the campus in Connecticut. They flew me out the night before (got in pretty late) then stayed in a nice hotel. In the morning we went to the main office. There were four interviews. Most were behavioral questions and a few finance questions. Then we did a group project where two of the hiring mangers were in the room and they watched your work together to figure out how to try to sell a certain stock to them using their product. We only had 20 minutes. They we had to rank the members of the group. Probably one of the more uncomfortable interviews. I really did not enjoy the group interview, in fact I decided during that part of the day that if I was given the opportunity to come back I would not accept the offer. Most of the managers didn't show a lot of emotion or enthusiasm for the company. They all talked about how great the culture was, yet I didn't see any evidence of this terrific culture that they talked about.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
During one interview with a manager, she suddenly turned her computer around and asked me to do some problems on Excel.
The group project wasn't difficult, but you are then asked to evaluate the other interviewees. ex. Would you hire this person for FactSet? How are their presentation skills? Would you want to work in a group with this person again? Comment.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at FactSet (Paris) in Jan 2025
Interview
Très bien - je suis tombée sur les managers très sympathique et la communication était fluide et précise
Les questions sont allées crescendo en niveau de difficulté, a la fin plus difficile pour me tester je pense
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Qu'est ce qui fait un bon client sucess associate ?
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at FactSet (Hong Kong) in Aug 2024
Interview
Straightforward. You begin with a telephone interview, followed by a group interview with you work on a group project and share a talent/skill you possess. If successful, you will then go through several rounds of interview with hiring manager and other senior stakeholders.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at FactSet (London, England)
Interview
There was an initial virtual interview with HR and then an interview the the manager from the US. HR lady was friendly and was fast to respond to emails. The manager didn’t seem experienced in interviewing, he said so himself and went for someone that didn’t require onboarding training. He said he doesn’t expect knowledge on equity when being quizzed on it but yet the reason for not getting the role was lack of knowledge on it. Was not pleased with this misleading behaviour. The decision felt rushed as they only gave a reply once I emailed so felt like they already had the candidate chosen.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself What makes you want to go into consulting? Equity questions
Consultant 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 62% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Consultant roles take an average of 16 days to get hired, when considering 244 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 Consultant according to 244 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 31%
Phone interview: 21%
Group panel interview: 12%
Skills test: 11%
Presentation: 7%
Personality test: 6%
Background check: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 1%
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