Software Engineer, at FactSet

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What is the annual salary for this role?

Starting salary: £35,000 - £37,000

Current salary: £35,000 - £37,000

What hours do you actually work, on average?

Start: 9:00

Finish: 17:30

What advice would you give to someone applying to this role?

Be honest and accurate about your past experience, but do not be afraid to err on the side of self-promotion. You will always have the opportunity in the interview to clarify what you have and have not done. However, outright falsifying your experiences will only get you into trouble when you have to talk to people that actually know what they are talking about.

Do you have any interview tips?

At FactSet the employees are quite relaxed and the interviews are very conversational, so dont worry and don't be afraid to ask questions or voice your thoughts on the questions if anything is unclear. The questions you'll be asked in a new graduate interview will focus on general software dev. skills - reading code and deciphering what it does, talking about problems you have worked on in the past, and also discussing algorithms to proposed problems. I did not have to actually write any code, but instead was shown a Java class (obfuscated) on paper, asked to determine and discuss its behaviour, possible improvements, etc. The questioning style is, as stated above, conversational so it's less about giving the right answer off the bat and more about talking through the problem with the interviewer.