FactSet Software Engineer II Interview Questions and Answers

1 coding question based on DP for 25 minutes and 30 MCQs on Java , OOPS and code snippet questions also some basic questions based on trees like number of leaf nodes in a complete binary tree with n nodes.

• Q1. Write code for finding palindrome of a string
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• Q2. What is dynamic memory allocation in Java
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• Q3. You are designing an e commerce website which database will you choose and what will you use for authentication given that you can't use JWT or even third party...read more
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Question Related to the DP and the Graph

• Q1. Kth Max Element in a Array
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• Q2. Coin Change and optimization through DP
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• Q1. Project include in your Resume
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• Q2. HR common question
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• Q1. Find the character with the maximum frequency
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• Q2. Valid parenthesis
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• Q1. Have you used Junit? What is the difference between SQl and NoSQl Databases? have you worked with Kafka? Kafka based questions. explain dockerization/ container...read more
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• Q1. What is the most complex sql query you have written till date. Why did you use nested query to achieve your goal? explain the query. which join did you use in t...read more
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• Q2. Find and replace words in a file using shell scripting. add an index in the beginning of each line in a file using shell scripting. what is multithreading? diff...read more
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• Q1. Behavioral questions- tell me about yourself. do you have any questions for us?
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Basic array and vectors DSA questions

• Q1. Asked me about my past project and my contribution in it
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• Q2. Linux commands and c++ language control
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• Q3. Asked me to write last function i wrote and explain what it does
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• Q1. Asked me about my past projects and my contribution
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• Q2. Checked my work ethics
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• Q1. Basic hr questions
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• Q2. Salary negotiation
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DP graphs strings it was good

• Q1. Reverse a linkded list
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• Q2. Print fibonacci series
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• Q1. What is HTML and CSS?
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• Q2. Operating Systems, DBMS, Python
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Quant Topics: Interests, Sequence and Series along with Missing items, Time and Distance/Work,
Verbal Topics: Comprehension, Corrections, Grammar etc
CS Core Subjects: DSA, OOPS, DBMS, OS

Overall Test Difficulty was Easy-Medium

System asked to choose one of the programming languages from C, C++ or Java. (Note: You can't change the language once confirmed!)
There were 7 different coding questions along with code. You just need to debug the code to get the correct output.
DSA: Graphs (Basics), Linked Lists, Conditional Statements, and Arrays (Stack and Queue)

Overall Difficulty was Medium (tbh, it depends on the practice you have done!)

• Q1. 1. Tell me about yourself 2. What tech stack(s) you have worked on? Why? Why not others? 3. SQL queries based on joins, nesting and aggregations 4. Logical reas...read more
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• Q1. 1. Tell me about yourself 2. Why you do seek to join this company? 3. Are you comfortable working in shifts? If yes, how will you manage your time? 4. SQL queri...read more
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• Q1. 1. Tell me about your day. Walk me through it. 2. If given a coding problem, what is your preferred language? Why? 3. Walk me through your best project in your ...read more
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