Started with a 30 min phone interview from someone in HQ hr. It was mainly fit stuff, walk through the background, why factset, and any questions.

Brought in for an in person interview consisting of 3 1v1 and 1 1v2. Mainly fit and background with a good amount of situational questions. IQ test beforehand, super easy, excel test as a part of the 1v2 which was simple.

Phone conversation. Behavioral questions. Why fact set? What does the company do? Why sales? What was your favorite part of your internship?

I met a FactSet Consulting Manager at a Career Fair, and spoke to him for about 20 minutes, he asked for my resume and told me that a recruiter would be in touch for a phone interview. The recruiter emailed me two days later and set up the interview for that week. I had a 20 minute behavior phone interview (included a lot of company knowledge), then was offered to fly out to San Francisco for a final interview. The final interview was an all day event, starting off with a 45 minute introduction and product demo. The first one on one interview was an excel test and behavioral interview. They turned a computer towards me, and gave me five minutes to complete everything from min max etc, to conditional formatting, Nested Ifs and V-lookup. They want to see if you are resourceful when struggling (using f1 for help etc). I was then asked general questions about me. The second interview was a behavioral with a consulting manager and a consultant. This was behavioral, and they asked questions about customer service and how I felt about working with intense or difficult customers. The third interview was financial knowledge. They asked basic stuff, company stock price, some foreign and domestic indexes, recent news, what the PE ratio was and what it means, and how you would invest a million dollars. The fourth interview was with another Consulting Manager, and he asked behavioral and leadership questions, biggest role models, how you deal with conflict etc. They got back to me quickly after the interview process.

Culture is super laid back in office, everyone was nice, and it looked like a fun environment. When on client, it changes as you are dressed business professional, and there to satisfy the customer needs related to FactSet and place a positive brand image on the firm.

2 Interviews total.

The first:

I came in, met the regional head of consulting (RH) (who is quite high up, and usually isn't in Dubai) and the office consulting manager (CM), started out as pretty standard "Tell me about yourself" and "Walk me through your resume". I had that I'd taken a fixed income mathematics class on my resume, and RH quizzed me on "What happens to the price of a bond when the interest rate goes up". It was funny when I hesitated and he/she rolled his/her eyes. I got it right and we moved on.

Then I was given 3 timed quizzes. The first was a general math skills test, the second a test of my financial markets knowledge, and the third a logic game. The logic game gave me a list of 5 statements about a group of people, and I was to match 3 factors together in a grid layout, with the right answers deducible from the 5 statements.

The second:

The second was more casual. I met the regional VP, some of my future colleagues, and really it was an assessment of my personality (whereas the first seemed more knowledge-focused). I made a good impression and got the job.


Tips:
1. Know EXACTLY what a FactSet consultannt does day-to-day. This info is available if you look for it (I liked glassdoor.com) and I think it's a big reason why I progressed to a second interview. This company spends a lot of money on you in formal training from Dayy 1, so they want to make sure you're not just going to quit.

2. After speaking with RH some time after I was hired, she mentioned that they're looking for a certain personality more than anything. You need the minimums (competence, curiosity, other things you can tell by looking at someone's resume), but this is a very client-facing job so they want people with good social skills, but also a modest demeanor (there's certainly exceptions). The cool & collected type I'd say.

3. If you want a job at FactSet in Dubai, you MUST be in Dubai. If you apply from the U.S., and you're not a Bloomberg defector who has top sales, you won't be considered.
(Bloomberg's a top competitor, I haven't seen this happen but I can imagine it'd be the only time we'd fly someone out for an interview)

That's it! Feel free to PM with any specific questions.

There was a presentation with a few refreshments held in the conference center on campus. Basic powerpoint presentation with a Q&A following.

The interview was also on campus the following morning. Interview started with a few general personal questions about experiences listed on my resume. The remainder of the interview was heavily skewed towards the stock market/specific stocks. Asked what sources I use to research potential investments, if I had ever used their product or a competitor (Bloomberg).

Received an initial email to set up a phone interview a week later. Phone interviewed lasted 30 minutes with a person in HR. Mostly "fit" and resume questions. Received a face-to-face interview that same week in the local office (during that same call).

In office interview consisted of 4 1-on-1 interviews with 3 other candidates. Each interview lasted roughly 30 minutes. Mostly fit questions. However, I was asked to perform certain Excel functions (Vlookup and averages) during one interview.

After the 4 interviews, the four of us spent time with a consultant for roughly 30 minutes giving us a glimpse of what to expect should we receive an offer.

After our time with the consultants, all 4 interviewees went to lunch with two more senior members in the office. Following lunch, we went back to the office and were dismissed.

That same day, only 2-4 hours after the interview, I received a call and offer. They allow 2 weeks for you to accept the offer.

First I spoke to a recruiter over the phone about my interests in the company and my background. I thought it was going to be a phone interview, but did not turn out to be. Scheduled a 2nd phone interview after and it consisted of basic interview questions, nothing technical. What you know about the company, why this company, etc. Invited to the office in NYC afterwards. It was a really nice place, interviewer most have forgotten about me because I sat there for ~30 minutes waiting for someone to take me into the 1st interview. First was a sit down with a manager who showed me their software, then I was taken to a room where i went over my choice of a C or Java program that was poorly written. I had 15 minutes to look over ~4 pages and critique it. Then taken to a room where I was asked algorithm questions from 2 other people (time efficiency, etc). Then lunch with 2 other people, then more algorithm questions with 2 new people again.

I bombed the 1st part that required you to look over code. I just didn't take the time to brush up on my Java. Did well on the last interview, but the 2nd one was meh. They really want you to kill all 3 and its definitely possible if you brush up on your algorithms and the language you are strongest with (C or Java only)

I was referred by an employee to an open position. I was contacted by HR to setup a phone interview with the hiring manager. After the phone interview, I was invited to interview one-on-one in-person with two other members of the team. I was rejected for the position most likely due to my salary requirement. A position opened up at a slightly higher level on another team for which I was referred. A phone interview was setup with the hiring manager. Later, I was invited back for one-on-one in-person interviews with two members of the team.