Upload Button Icon Add office photos
Engaged Employer

i

This company page is being actively managed by FactSet Team. If you also belong to the team, you can get access from here

FactSet Verified Tick

Compare button icon Compare button icon Compare
3.9

based on 1.4k Reviews

Filter interviews by

FactSet Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 28 Jan 2025

Top FactSet Interview Questions and Answers

View all 150 questions

FactSet Interview Experiences

Popular Designations

207 interviews found

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Sep 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Finance,Ratio Analysis,Finacial Management

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is Dividends
  • Ans. 

    Dividends are payments made by a corporation to its shareholders, usually in the form of cash or additional shares.

    • Dividends are a portion of a company's profits distributed to shareholders as a return on their investment.

    • They can be paid out regularly, such as quarterly or annually, or as a one-time special dividend.

    • Dividends can be in the form of cash, stock, or property.

    • Investors often look for companies with a hist...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Types of Dividends
  • Ans. 

    Types of dividends include cash dividends, stock dividends, property dividends, and special dividends.

    • Cash dividends are paid out in the form of cash to shareholders.

    • Stock dividends are paid out in the form of additional shares of stock.

    • Property dividends are paid out in the form of physical assets or property.

    • Special dividends are one-time payments that are not part of the company's regular dividend policy.

  • Answered by AI

Financial Advisor Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. If I give you one lakh rupees, where will you invest it? And how?
View answer (1)

I was interviewed in Sep 2022.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
View all tips
Round 2 - Hackerrank 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Core finance related questions.
Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Core finance related questions Negative experience
  • Q2. Too much pressurizing the candidates and interviewers were so commanding and not friendly. Pathetic audio quality of the interview.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Even though you are a fresher, they expect you to have way more than one could get a degree from Harvard. So have a great great knowledge.

Client Advisor Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. sell me a product and convinced me
View answer (1)
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Oct 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Financial questions and reporting questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Accounting methods
  • Q2. EPS IPO BS IS and CF

Top FactSet Equity Research Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. 1) how many financial statements 2) defference b/w share and debentures 3)why we prepare cash flow statement 4)what is non performing asset 5) derivatives 6)private equity funds 7)nav calculation and mutual funds 8)how many types of dividen... read more
View answer (1)

Equity Research Analyst Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. 1) how many financial statements 2) defference b/w share and debentures 3)why we prepare cash flow statement 4)what is non performing asset 5) derivatives 6)private equity funds 7)nav calculation and mutual funds 8)how many types of dividen... read more
View answer (1)
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Sep 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

First phase is aptitude test

Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is Private equity
  • Ans. 

    Private equity is a type of investment where funds are raised from institutional and high-net-worth investors to acquire equity ownership in companies.

    • Private equity firms typically buy out existing companies or invest in growing businesses to help them expand.

    • Investments are made with the goal of improving the company's performance and ultimately selling it for a profit.

    • Private equity investors often take an active ro...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Mergers and acquisitions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Good

Top FactSet Research Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. What is income statement how do u calculate net profit? What is stock split and merger and takeover and depreciation and amortization and net worth and retaining earnings,book value per share? Types of equity shares etc...
View answer (3)

Research Analyst Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What is income statement how do u calculate net profit? What is stock split and merger and takeover and depreciation and amortization and net worth and retaining earnings,book value per share? Types of equity shares etc...
View answer (3)

FactSet interview questions for popular designations

 Research Analyst

 (89)

 Equity Research Analyst

 (9)

 Software Engineer

 (9)

 Management Trainee

 (5)

 Software Developer

 (5)

 Associate Product Specialist

 (4)

 Client Advisor

 (4)

 Team Lead

 (4)

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Apr 2023. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Hackerrank Test with 2 coding questions with 1 hour time period

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions on Angular basics to intermediate concepts which lasted about 1 hour
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions on JavaScript concepts from basic to medium like Closures, Temporal Dead Zone, Call, Bind methods etc... for 1 hour
Round 4 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. About personal match with the company along with some questions on full stack development and a kind of System Design for 45minutes
Round 5 - Team Matching 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Matching round with one of the Engineer from the Team that I'm going to join, some general development conceptual questions were asked along with System design concepts by asking end to end development of ...

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for FactSet Software Engineer2 interview:
  • Javascript Frameworks

Software Engineer2 Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. - Given a water -tight orientable 2-manifold, how to find if a point is inside or outside its volume? - Given a bunch of points with their coordinates, how to merge closeby points together? - How to determine if the normals of the two trian... read more
View answer (1)

Get interview-ready with Top FactSet Interview Questions

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Jul 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Portfolio theory
  • Q2. Fixed income knowledge
  • Q3. Structured products like MBS, CDO, bankloan, derivatives

Associate Product Specialist Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. There are 25 horses among which you need to find fastest 3. You don't have a timer and a race can be among maximum 5 horses. Find minimum number of races required.
View answer (1)
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
6-8 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Sep 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
View all tips
Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Quantitative aptitude, reasoning, English, Business questions

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. IPO Equity capital structure Types equities Mutual funds Interested to invest in mutual funds or stock exchange and why? Investment Capital Preference shares EBIDTA and formula
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Achievements Why leaving previous organisation? Salary expectation Family background Why this role Why factset

Top FactSet Research Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. What is income statement how do u calculate net profit? What is stock split and merger and takeover and depreciation and amortization and net worth and retaining earnings,book value per share? Types of equity shares etc...
View answer (3)

Research Analyst Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What is income statement how do u calculate net profit? What is stock split and merger and takeover and depreciation and amortization and net worth and retaining earnings,book value per share? Types of equity shares etc...
View answer (3)

Software Engineer2 Interview Questions & Answers

user image Grandhi Phanindra

posted on 21 May 2023

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before May 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Online one and one session for me it as 3 Rounds

1) one and one approx 1 Hour, this round is Technical, we need to share the screen and we need to say our overall experience and products involved and roles and responsibilities, They will ask the practical questions how we need to solve questions ( like I am from .Net technology) so they asked for .Net related technical questions, After that answer also will ask for any other possible ways we can write the code in different formats, This process will go until an Hour.

2) Same as Technical as Point 1 and this round will taken by manager and this is also 1 Hour, No changes as per about point.

3) This round also Technical, But this will took by the Senior manager, But it is just 20 minutes, The senior manager will just touch’s the technical part and they will check the your behaviour , English skills and they will ask the CEO of the company 😜.

4) HR round.

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Check the above round 1

Round 3 - Coding Test 

Check the above round 1

Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary discussions

Software Engineer2 Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. - Given a water -tight orientable 2-manifold, how to find if a point is inside or outside its volume? - Given a bunch of points with their coordinates, how to merge closeby points together? - How to determine if the normals of the two trian... read more
View answer (1)
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Nov 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Basic finance related questions and financial knowledge

Reconciliation Analyst Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What is derrivatives? What isTLC? What is hedge funds?
View answer (2)
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before May 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

A test link will be mailed to the applicant and once qualified in that, they will be called to interview.

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Finance related questions on markets, nav, etc
  • Q2. Simple on point answers

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for FactSet Research Analyst interview:
  • Finance
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just need some basic knowledge on finance

Top FactSet Research Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. What is income statement how do u calculate net profit? What is stock split and merger and takeover and depreciation and amortization and net worth and retaining earnings,book value per share? Types of equity shares etc...
View answer (3)

Research Analyst Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What is income statement how do u calculate net profit? What is stock split and merger and takeover and depreciation and amortization and net worth and retaining earnings,book value per share? Types of equity shares etc...
View answer (3)

FactSet Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in FactSet interview?
FactSet interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the FactSet interview process are Aptitude Test, Technical and One-on-one Round.
How to prepare for FactSet interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at FactSet. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at FactSet expect are Analytics, Python, Analytical, SQL and Computer science.
What are the top questions asked in FactSet interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the FactSet interview -

  1. What is income statement how do u calculate net profit? What is stock split and...read more
  2. How do you differentiate between fixed income and variable income of securit...read more
  3. What is the difference between assets and liabiliti...read more
How long is the FactSet interview process?

The duration of FactSet interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

Tell us how to improve this page.

FactSet Interview Process

based on 88 interviews in last 1 year

Interview experience

4.4
  
Good
View more

Interview Questions from Similar Companies

Wells Fargo Interview Questions
3.9
 • 560 Interviews
S&P Global Interview Questions
4.2
 • 268 Interviews
Morningstar Interview Questions
3.9
 • 242 Interviews
Thomson Reuters Interview Questions
4.1
 • 111 Interviews
MSCI Interview Questions
3.9
 • 49 Interviews
Bloomberg Interview Questions
3.4
 • 25 Interviews
Moody's Interview Questions
4.1
 • 22 Interviews
Fitch Ratings Interview Questions
4.9
 • 2 Interviews
View all

FactSet Reviews and Ratings

based on 1.4k reviews

3.9/5

Rating in categories

3.4

Skill development

4.1

Work-life balance

3.4

Salary

3.9

Job security

4.0

Company culture

3.2

Promotions

3.6

Work satisfaction

Explore 1.4k Reviews and Ratings
Research Analyst
2.8k salaries
unlock blur

₹1.8 L/yr - ₹5.2 L/yr

Senior Research Analyst
747 salaries
unlock blur

₹2.8 L/yr - ₹8.5 L/yr

Equity Research Analyst
327 salaries
unlock blur

₹2 L/yr - ₹4.6 L/yr

Software Engineer
253 salaries
unlock blur

₹6.6 L/yr - ₹25 L/yr

Senior Software Engineer
242 salaries
unlock blur

₹12.6 L/yr - ₹36.1 L/yr

Explore more salaries
Compare FactSet with

Thomson Reuters

4.1
Compare

Bloomberg

3.4
Compare

Morningstar

3.9
Compare

S&P Global

4.2
Compare
Did you find this page helpful?
Yes No
write
Share an Interview