I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at FactSet (New York, NY) in May 2014
Interview
Had 2 rounds of telephonic interview for a database developer role. After they were satisfied was called onsite for a full day interview. Started the day with database design, then next round was to write specific queries. Followed by object oriented questions. The department manager took me out for lunch where he discussed about the work environment and the expectations from the role. The last was an HR discussion round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most of the questions were scenario based so if you have come across the scenario you would be able to answer
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 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 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 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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