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Engineering at Goldman Sachs
Posted Feb 26, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 (took 2 days)
called for 2 days f-f interviews. total 7 rounds including technical, architecture, problem solving, puzzles, data structures, pressure round etc.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineering at Goldman Sachs
Posted Dec 27, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2010 in Mumbai (India) (took a day)
They took a test and shortlisted a few students.
The interview consisted of simple algorithmic questions.
One was to generate a permutation given a list of integers (essentialy to shuffle a pack of cards).
Other was about the java virtual machine and the garbage collector.
The questions were simple and they asked around 7-8 easy questions.
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The interview consisted of an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Engineering at Goldman Sachs
Posted Nov 12, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 in Bangalore (India) (took a day)
The process started with an aptitude test. Some students including me were selected. The next step was a group discussion. After that there were two rounds of one-on-one interivews.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Skills Test.
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Engineer at Goldman Sachs
Posted Aug 7, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 in Salt Lake City, UT (took a day)
The phone interview went well. I was invited to go to SLC for an interview. I already had another job offer, but I thought that I'd at least see what Goldman Sachs was like.
The first thing that I noticed was the lack of cubes in the work area or any walls at all. The developers sat at long tables shoulder to shoulder with their fellow workers.
I met with a bunch of managers, some of whom were recently promoted developers. What I heard about their internal systems scared me a bit. I got the sense that their systems were slapped together and extremely outdated as far as approaches and technologies used.
They were looking for worker bee engineer and could not understand why I would be interested in the position. In truth, by the end of the day, I was not interested.
Afterwards, it took them four plus months to reimburse me for the expenses.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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Engineering at Goldman Sachs
Posted Aug 7, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 (took a day)
asked for description of job history with deep dive into experiences relevant to the position. in general a quality discussion of many different experiences. Interviewer allowed discussion to roam where it had to without redirecting to specific topics or asking targeted questions. any questions were open ended and relevant to the postion being interviewed for.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Engineering at Goldman Sachs
Posted Apr 24, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 in Bangalore (India) (took 2 weeks)
Starts with a written test with following sections:
1. G Aptitude
2. C++ or Java
3 SQL
4. design ( C++ or java)
Followed by 4-5 rounds of technical interview including one telephonic after you have cleared face to face.
Questions with average diffculty are asked on data structures, C++, SQL. The interview last for ~30 minutes.
Before joining you have to go through a background check also.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Engineering at Goldman Sachs
Posted Mar 22, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2009 in New York, NY (took 3 weeks)
Spoke in 4 rounds with about a total of 50 people.
Seems Goldman's process is very longwinded, involving a lot of people not that relevant to the
actual position.
Lot's of overlap between questions. Quality of pepole varies a lot. Some did not do a good job at selling
Goldman. Pretty cool place with some smart people, but I was surprised how they are very good at
one thing and average at another ( the technology infrastructure is very uneven).
Recomned you try this place, but you need stamina for the interviews.
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Reason for Declining
Got a better offer from a hedge fund.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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