I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at FactSet (London, England) in Apr 2012
Interview
2 sets of interviews: 1 with 2 Software Engineerings and 1 other with 2 HR people.
First one asked programming bases questions to find out how much you know the basics of your main language and then going through some code, explaining what it does and running them through a run of the code.
Second was a meeting with HR people, explaining reasons for appling to the job and the skills you have to bring.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
How work you work out all the prime numbers up to a given range?
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at FactSet
Interview
OA, followed by phone screen, then followed by technical interview (LC easies), then a superday (one was a few LC easy/medium problems, followed by OOP design question, then behavioral chat with hiring manager)
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at FactSet (Manila, Manila) in Jun 2025
Interview
I emailed an HR rep then got replied with a multi-step process: 1.) HR Interview - no stress, casual interview with the HR rep. 2.) Technical Interview - upcoming 3.) Final Interview with a Senior Manager
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Are you currently attending classes in your university or are can you fully commit to the internship?
Recruiter phone screen where they ask you about your resume and interests, next is a first round technical interview with a member of the team where they ask you a technical coding question, second round behavioral interview w/ other team members where they ask about your resume and work experience/etc
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked a technical question involving sorting a contiguous array into umbrellas based on some requirements
Software Engineer Internship applicants have rated the interview process at FactSet with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 68% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer Internship roles take an average of 13 days to get hired, when considering 25 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 Internship according to 25 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 20%
Skills test: 16%
Presentation: 14%
Background check: 7%
Drug test: 7%
Group panel interview: 5%
Other: 2%
Personality test: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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