First stage: Online application- I orignally heard about FactSet through a friend who was recruiting for them at my University, he interviewed me on their behalf and put my name forward to the HR team at FactSet. They got in contact with me and told me to apply online anyway. Second Stage: Assesment day (made up of Excel test, maths test and finance test) and short interview- The interview is ok, although you should know details about FactSet such as competitors and the size of the company (try to say more than just Bloomberg). Maths test I found very simple but I do a maths based degree so i guess it depends on the applicant. Qustions such as simultaneous equations and percentages. Excel; use of pivot tables wasn't required but you will be tested on V look up which I couldn't do at the time. Finance test, I had no prior knowledge of Finance but it wasn't difficult. Things like 'what does IPO stand for?' came up and naming some financial indecies. Third stage: Assesment day 2- Consists of group work, a sort of networking activity, talks by current employees, lunch and personal presentations. The group work is simple, organising tasks based of importance. All the other applicants at this stage were highly intelligent and personable so your assigned team should gel nicely. Don't try too hard to stand out, the loudest and the quietest didn't seem to make it through to the next stage, but that is just my view on it. Only thing to worry about on this day is the personal presentation which I have mentioned later. Fourth Stage: Final Interview- This was the stage I slipped up on. I had three interviewers (all about thirty years old) who fired questions at me in quick succession. Not going to lie I found the fact that there were three of them tough as you never enter what feels like a conversation with any of them. Questions range from; 'what product do you think FactSet should offer that it currently doesn't? 'how would you help a client who can't access the system? to 'when have you been challenged?' and 'other than FactSet what graduate schemes have you applied to?'. The last question I mentioned there I definitely messed up as I had mentioned previously that I applied to all insurance roles apart from FactSet. I don't know what sort of answer they are looking for but telling them that you have applied to their competitors may be a better move. Lasts about an hour. After every other stage they had got back to me the following day with an email asking me to come in again, however after the final interview after no response for about a week I assumed the worst and emailed them asking about my progress. I think this could have been a mistake but guess I will never know as they told me they were just about to email me saying I hadn't got the job. Had about a twenty minute chat with someone there who gave great feedback citing the reason for rejecting me was the lack on depth in my answers at interview and lack of financial knowledge: probably both fair points. FactSet were the best company I applied for, with a HR team that keeps you informed and was always friendly. I would highly reccomend applying here as the role seems good and the application process, although thorough, is well organised.