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Updated Feb 8, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Technology Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Feb 8, 2012
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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 2012 (took a day)
First applied online. Waited about one month to get the interview. No telephone interview was conducted. 4 rounds of 1:1 interview. 2 interviews were related to techincal questions and the other 2 were related to behavior-based questions. Technical questions e.g. programming-related: what is public, static modifier?
Behavior-based questions e.g. teamwork, leadership, conflict resolution
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Operations Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Feb 8, 2012
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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 in Salt Lake City, UT (took a day)
I interviewed as the last candidate of the day. The interviewers appeared tired and uninterested as they introduced themselves. If you can, reschedule you're interview time to earlier in the day.
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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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Operations Associate at Goldman Sachs
Posted Feb 8, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2010 in Salt Lake City, UT (took a day)
Never interview during the holiday season. Most the upper managements were out of the office. I interviewed with the team members instead. A lot of questions to ask but did not explain what they actually do.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Feb 7, 2012
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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 Feb 2012 in Chicago, IL (took 2 days)
I was interviewed on campus in the first round, then called back to their downtown office for their superday. I applied to the Investment Management division. Superday involved 3 rounds, and five interviewers split 2, 2, 1. I got to walk past their office during the interview process and it's easy to see that it's quite an intense place to work. The interviews were back to back except for a half hour break. The interviewers were very nice. They walked me through the process, but there was no debrief, because the staff were all very busy, so I learnt about the process during my break time. Found out results the next week (2 business days), wasn't offered a position.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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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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Tax Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Feb 6, 2012
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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 Jersey City, NJ (took 3 weeks)
there are two rounds of interviews. first round 2 on 1 with an associate and a VP. second round 1 on 1 with 3 VPs. Questions are all behaviors Qs. Only one or two are about the regutary and excel professioncy. However, I would say they expected you to learn on job.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Investment Banking Vice President at Goldman Sachs
Posted Feb 2, 2012
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 in New York, NY (took 5 weeks)
I was asked questions like, are you good at algebra and can you file quickly. I had to take a typing test, they needed me to be able to type 45 WPM. I also had to prove that my IQ is over at least 145.
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Reason for Declining
I declined the offer because while I liked the position and pay that being the Vice President of Investment banking would offer, I didn't like the idea of the Vice President of Investment Banking.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Financial Associate at Goldman Sachs
Posted Jan 27, 2012 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2011 in Jersey City, NJ (took 3 weeks)
Had 3 rounds of interview , with 7 different VP's - all went well, next step was to meet MD - then the debt cieling crisis happened and - they stalled hiring ( " hiring has been put on hold " ) and started layoffs !! can you believe my luck ! :(
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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HCM at Goldman Sachs
Posted Jan 31, 2012
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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 Dec 2011 in Salt Lake City, UT (took 6+ weeks)
Very long and tedious process. Over 15 interviews for a position they ended up putting on hold.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Intern at Goldman Sachs
Posted Jan 30, 2012
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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 Jan 2012 in Beijing, Beijing (China) (took 2 days)
2 phone interview for the first round;
3 1:1 interview on superday.
They held superday in both Beijing and New York. In New York, the candidates are mostly undergrads. In Beijing, candidates from local area are all graduate students, and international candidates are undergrads. Seemed like they hire 8/60 last year, and since this year's economics environment is so bad, I guess they recruit even fewer.
Superday interview is quite technical.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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