Factset·Software Engineer

Factset Software Engineer interview experience

Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I ended up with a long on-site interview day that was close to six hours.

The structure was straightforward but intense: a code review round, then two technical interviews—one centered on data structures and algorithms, and the last focused on design.

Because it was scheduled about a week ahead, I had time to mentally prepare for having to switch gears quickly between reviewing code, solving algorithmic problems, and then shifting to design-style thinking. Each round felt like it was testing a different layer of how I work, and the design portion made it especially important to explain my tradeoffs clearly rather than just list ideas.

In the end I didn’t get an

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