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Updated Feb 7, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Financial Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Feb 7, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in Salt Lake City, UT (took a day)
The interviewer was from NY, and she was very short with me during the interview process. The first question she asked was, what research have you done on the job position? I had read over the job description, and looked into Goldman Sachs as a company and at the Salt Lake location, but I couldn't give her specifics as to what I would be doing. She became very abrupt with me after that, asked a few general questions and didn't really let me know specifically what they needed out of candidates for the position. Later I found out that the position is more of an accounting role helping prepare financial statements for quarterly reports. It was an unpleasant interview to say the least.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Financial Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Jan 31, 2012 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 in New York, NY (took 4+ weeks)
okay
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Financial Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Nov 13, 2011
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2009 in New York, NY (took 2 days)
Hardest interview I've ever had. They asked EVERYTHING on my resume (fare game so it's ok). Technical questions were about the market (all of us were engineers and they said they understood we weren't very familiar with the concepts), about portfolios, options, shares, hedge funds, risk, other questions were about stats and probability (what's a normal distribution, what's the meaning of std dev, etc). I also got asked who was the current US Treasurer, the current and past CEOs of GS. I got a brain teaser and he specifically asked to think it out loud!
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Financial Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Nov 8, 2011
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2009 (took 5 days)
It was ridiculous. The people were arrogant, and I sincerely felt demotivated at every point in the process. This is for chumps.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Skills Test.
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Financial Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Oct 5, 2011
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2009 in New York, NY (took a day)
I applied through a career fair that took place in school. Two phone interviews took place and some questions about financial news were asked. After the second phone interview, I was arranged to have an 1:1 interview in their building. The interview began with something like a background check (e.g., grades, experience, whether you watch news or not). then right after they asked me why should we hire you? My advice is not to panic, i think they want to see how you can handle novel and stressful situations. it was hard...
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Financial Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Sep 28, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 4+ weeks)
I got a phone interview with three associates—was very relaxed, very nice and was general question about the market—what is going on (negative positive trends), what are you investing in (sectors or specific stocks), what are three “themes” going on in the market right now (inflation, sovereign debt, etc) and general fit questions (what are you passionate about, tell me about school what are you involved in)
Second round and final was 1X1 with MD’s and associated again—more technical—what have the different indices (Europe, Asia, and N. America) done YTD, yesterday, what are interest rates at, what are FX spots at, what are the three major components of options, pitch me a stock and some brain teasers.
Overall awesome company, awesome people—tried to make you feel comfortable even when they grill you—and great place if you want to start your career getting a broad asset class exposure.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Financial Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Apr 12, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 in New York, NY (took 3 days)
Various conference calls with the interviewer along with in person interviews. The process overall was relaxed and not overly stressful, the interviewers want you to feel as though you are a part of the company even though you are just applying for a job.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Presentation, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Financial Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Feb 20, 2011
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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 Feb 2011 (took 2+ weeks)
Get interview from the career service of my school. First round is on campus. 2 VPs. it's a mix of tech questions and fit questions. One of the interviewer leave the room during the interview for his conference call. Tech questions is hard and I got one brain teaser. Overall the interviewer are nice and smart.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Financial Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Jan 8, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2009 in New York, NY (took 2 weeks)
Extremely thorough - behavioral interview, then go into the nitty gritty of previous experience. Make sure come accross as passionate, dedicated, knowledgeable and professional. Also did a cultural check to make sure you will fit personality wise with the people in the team. Make sure you interview them as well, you will be living there!
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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Financial Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Oct 21, 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 Oct 2010 (took 4+ weeks)
i was contacted by phone, asked general questions like why interested in the company, why financial sector, describe a situation where i had a conflict with a team member and how i handled it . The person who interviewed me was friendly and the interview last about 20 minutes.Just be cool and everything will be fine
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