I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at FactSet
Interview
Not a single person smiled. I solved every DS&A problem although struggled initially not because I didn't know it, but the strict faces made me nervous and I had to keep backspacing and retyping.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The last question was how to handle table functions like sorting and filtering with big data. I had not worked with that scale of data before so I didn't know what they were referring to. I knew the concept of db views and indexing, and was able to implement server side handling of big data in table renders in less than 48 hrs. Why companies pass on something that can be picked up in such a short time is beyond me. Somehow length of experience is valued more than learning aptitude in some places, probably due to resource constraints and project timelines. At FAANG's, they're more willing the pick up the brightest candidates even with less exp.
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 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.
