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IMD Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs
No Offer – Reviewed Mar 10, 2013
Interview Details – I applied online and interviewed on campus. I made it to their superday and had a few 1:1 interviews.
Interview Question – Tell me about yourself. Answer Question
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Sales and Trading Intern at Goldman Sachs
No Offer – Reviewed Mar 9, 2013
Interview Details – Interview consisted of standard fit-based questions, witha few technical. Was not too tough, had to show an interest in the markets. Interviewed by two people, interview lasted thirty minutes, did not make it to the second round
Interview Question – How do you keep up to date on the markets? Answer Question
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Investment Banking Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs
No Offer – Interviewed in New York, NY – Reviewed Mar 9, 2013
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I received an email saying I was selected to participate in the Investment Banking sophomore summer analyst recruitment process. My first round was a 15 minute phone interview with a VP. Two weeks later I was flown out to NYC for a super day, which consisted of 3 30 minute interviews. Here are the questions I remember:
What is the worst grade you have gotten and why?
Walk me through your resume.
Describe a time when you had to balance a lot of competing responsibilities
Why do you think your last employer hired you?
How do you perform on team?
What is investment banking
What is your understanding of what you will be doing in this internship
Interview Question – Describe a time when you faced a dilemma of integrity in a team setting. Answer Question
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Summer Technology Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in New York, NY Mar 2013 – Reviewed Mar 9, 2013
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FIrst had an interview on campus with two interviewers. One person asked me about Java questions regarding OOP concepts, data structures, and syntax. The other interviewer asked about C programming experience and pointers. They also asked some behavioral questions at the end of the interview regarding my leadership experiences.
After 2 days, I was invited to the their NY office, where I was scheduled to have 9 interviews. 3 interviews each with 3 different departments. All interviews were 30 minutes, so the technical questions were not difficult. They asked me about Java and SQL, as the company uses these languages heavily.
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1) Reverse a Queue using a OS stack
2) You have 8 balls and one is heavier than others. Devise algorithm that determines the ball.
3) What is a Singleton, and create a class of it
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Summer Internship at Goldman Sachs
No Offer – Interviewed in Salt Lake City, UT Jan 2013 – Reviewed Mar 7, 2013
Interview Details – I had a pre-interview at an info session held at San Antonio. Couple of weeks later, I received an email for the main interview at Salt Lake City
Interview Question – N one. It was all expected Answer Question
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Creative Services at Goldman Sachs
No Offer – Interviewed in Salt Lake City, UT Jan 2013 – Reviewed Mar 7, 2013
Interview Details – The position is growing inside GS. I submitted a resume through my university recruitment staff. I got a call for a scheduled interview and then had a phone interview 3 days later. I did this three times. I haven't heard anything. Luckily I had some important contacts filling me in. I think they are just waiting to tell me no. Not very speedy process. Also misleading - you could be 10 interviews in with them and still not be close to being hired.
Interview Question – Why do you want to work in the finance industry? View Answer
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Operations Analyst Summer Internship at Goldman Sachs
No Offer – Interviewed in Salt Lake City, UT Jan 2013 – Reviewed Mar 6, 2013
Interview Details – 1:2 interviews. 2x 30 minute interviews back to back. very friendly interviewers. all behavioral questions, really wanted to get to know you and see if you would be a good fit for the culture.
Interview Question – Tell us about a time you failed? Answer Question
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Summer Technology Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Feb 2013 – Reviewed Mar 6, 2013
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Applied through school's website. 1st interview 1:2 almost technical. went through resume, experiences and general OOP questions. No behavioral at all. 10 days later
Invited for the super day...
Interview Question – In POS system where do you save the input data from n user Answer Question
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Human Capital Management Intern at Goldman Sachs
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Salt Lake City, UT – Reviewed Mar 5, 2013
Interview Details – Two back to back 30 minute interviews. Nothing too unexpected in the interviews... pretty standard questions. Why Goldman? Why HCM? Leadership, teamwork, etc.
Negotiation Details – Didn't feel the ability to negotiate for a short summer internship
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Valuations (Controller's Division) at Goldman Sachs
No Offer – Reviewed Mar 5, 2013
Interview Details – Very basic interview process - nothing surprising at all. Interviewed with four relatively junior individuals. Technical questions were minimal, and focused on different methodologies for valuing early stage companies. They were also interested in my views on country risk premiums.
Interview Question – How do you handle a situation where you agree with the Portfolio Manager's valuation? Answer Question
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