FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

FactSet has an outstanding mentor program. Each new hire is paired with their own mentor, who is someone who typically has been with the company for at least a year. The mentor reaches out before you even get to the office to answer any questions about the office or work, or even questions abou...

In general the interview at FactSet was fairly standard. I was asked questions about classes and projects that I enjoyed most, why I wanted to work there, what interested me specifically in finance, and to elaborate on a challenge that I had overcome. I would say that I found a lot of the quest...

Culture is the best part about the job (SF office). So fun, lots of young people just figuring out how to navigate the working world. Lots of Happy Hours and team outings. Everyone is there to help you learn and work as a team.

100% - you own your accounts fully. You get the blame if you drop the ball but if you upsell or find an opportunity/save the account then you get the credit

If you are going for an interview for a Software Engineer position at FactSet, stay confident because they gonna grill you a lot especially on your technical skills. If you are a computer science student then prepare well your data structures and algorithms part along with RDBMS and SQL concepts....

I liked the research aspect - going through different reports to figure out what next steps should be or comparing old methods of data collection to newer methods. I didn't like that my team didn't want to utilize technology to optimize their work. I also didn't like the imbalance of work on my ...