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Goldman Sachs Finance Analyst Interview Questions & Reviews
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Finance Analyst at Goldman Sachs
No Offer – Interviewed in New York, NY Nov 2011 – Reviewed Jan 22, 2012
Interview Details – Recruiters act uninterested, and have a tendency to sound condescending.
Interview Question – What are you expecting out of this job? Answer Question
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Finance Analyst at Goldman Sachs
No Offer – Interviewed in Salt Lake City, UT Oct 2011 – Reviewed Jan 11, 2012
Interview Details – I got the interview by attending Goldman Sachs Salt Lake City Symposium. I received information about the symposium from my school career service and applied it on Goldman Sachs career page. About 10 people interviewed for my position. The interview lasted for 30 minutes. Half behavior and half technical questions.
Interview Question – what's your role on a team? Answer Question
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Finance Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Declined Offer – Interviewed in New York, NY Jan 2009 – Reviewed Oct 7, 2010
Interview Details – What is the angle between the minute and hour hand when it is 3:15?
Interview Question – what is the annge between hour and minute hand when it is 3:15? View Answers (3)
Reason for Declining – Had a better offer in hand
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Finance Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Jersey City, NJ Dec 2009 – Reviewed Apr 8, 2010
Interview Details – I was called into the office to have a super day where i interviewed with the vice president of the company and two other associates. The interviews took over three hours to complete and they asked questions from my resume, behavioral questions and finally questions about how i fit into the culture. The interview was straight forward for the most part. The offices were impressive and intimidating at first as the offices look out 40 stories above the hudson river where you can pretty much see the entire NYC skyline.
Interview Question – What two characteristics do you deem are the most important to be successful working in the controllers department? Answer Question
Negotiation Details – I was not able to negotiate with the offer because i accepted an intern offer.
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Finance Analyst at Goldman Sachs
No Offer – Interviewed in Hong Kong (Hong Kong) Oct 2010 – Reviewed Jul 8, 2012
Interview Details – Around 6 rounds interviews from each officers in your department as well as specific ones with the officers in your team. Many technical questions asked although all can be easily found on wikipedia. Guess if it's a face-to-face interview, be ready to be hardly challenged, either to your confidence or to your techinical knowledge.
Interview Question – What is bs model for option pricing? What's the limitation? Answer Question
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Finance Analyst at Goldman Sachs
No Offer – Interviewed in Feb 2011 – Reviewed Mar 21, 2011
Interview Details – Interviewer asked a question about the hands on a clock. I had to jump through hoops. Interviewer attempted to get emotional reactions out of me. Very basic questions about the chairman of the Federal Reserve, monetary policy, and Goldman's Values.
Interview Question – What are Goldman's values? View Answer
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Finance Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Aug 2010 – Reviewed Dec 10, 2010
Interview Details – Lots of phone calls, well organized interview, consisted of 3 rounds of interview with a panel of interviewers in every round mainly consisting of top level management . Be honest and positive, be comfortable and correct with your answers.
Interview Question – What is the reason you left the previous company ? View Answer
Negotiation Details – No oppurtunity given to negotiate.
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Finance Analyst at Goldman Sachs
No Offer – Interviewed in City of London, England (UK) Feb 2010 – Reviewed Mar 1, 2010
Interview Details – I was accepted to take part in a first-round interview with the Goldman Sachs Finance division for position as a summer-analyst. I was interviewed by two interviewers who seemed very interested in the answers I gave. They asked the typical introductory questions- Tell me about yourself, Why Goldman Sachs?
Interview Question – What is liquidity? View Answer
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Finance Analyst at Goldman Sachs
No Offer – Interviewed in London, England (UK) Nov 2008 – Reviewed Aug 2, 2009
Interview Details –
Since I was living overseas, I was interview by phone first by somebody from the HR department. Very general questions: why this job, why this company, why do you want to switch jobs, why would you consider moving countries, etc. Also, some questions regarding studies and current work experience.
Once that was completed, they got me a ticket for London for a job interview. Group presentation first followed by one2one interviews with different people in the analysts floor. Behavioural questions (you are late for a meeting and your client needs the data, what would you do?) as well as questions about current job (explain main tasks and achievements) and position at Goldman Sachs. I had about 5 one to ones interview that morning. Then lunch with two people from the analyst floor so that we could be in a more relaxed environment and ask questions.
Overall, pretty long process. No numeracy or logic test, though. Other people who were interviewed that day for the same job said they had to complete tests in the previous round of interviews.
Interview Question – Analysis of the balance sheet of a company Answer Question
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