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Updated Feb 14, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Feb 14, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2012 in Salt Lake City, UT (took 4+ weeks)
Goldman interview. Was interesting as it was two 2 on 2 interviews back to back. Went well, all they ask really are personality questions...only ones that were hardish were ethical questions and leadership questions.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Feb 10, 2012
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4.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in Troy, NY (took a day)
Asked questions about what was going on in the markets. Seemed to assume you read the WSJ and are updated with current events during the interview questions.
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Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Feb 7, 2012
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4.0
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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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Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Jan 28, 2012
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4.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in New York, NY (took a day)
He asked me tell me about yourself. Since I was abroad, and the phoen connection was very bad, it got cut off while I was answering. I called back and he immediately switched to brainteasers questions. Sounds very uninterested in what I am as a person. He was very nice and professional otherwise, and even invited to the trading floor.
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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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Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Jan 22, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 (took 2 months)
1 first round 1:1 interview in Paris, 3 1:1 interviews in London final round
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Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Jan 22, 2012
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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 Nov 2011 in New York, NY (took a day)
I was invited for a superday after submitting my application online. They had me meet one-on-one with one of the associates in Investment Banking. He asked the standard questions such as tell me about yourself, give me an example of when you worked as a team, why banking. When I first walked in, started off with a joke - bad idea because people in this industry do not appreciate jokes or a sense of humor.
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Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Jan 9, 2012
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 2 days)
First round is 1:1 interview with someone from department, going through competency based questions and some general logical thinking tests.
Second round involved 3 interviews in a row with department representatives of different levels. A little more specific to the job, testing your general skills for performing the work. Questions on current affairs, sometimes on selected markets that you raise in the dialogue. Also, interested in something beyond finance.
Pretty informal, but make sure that once you raise some topic, you are able to answer additional questions around it.
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Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Jan 2, 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 Dec 2011 (took a day)
Upon submission of the online application, I was contacted by email within a few days to schedule for an interview. Arrangement for phone interview was made because I was going to be out of town on the scheduled days of interview. If possible, candidates should always opt for physical interview because it is hard to tell what is going on at the other end of the line. Interview consisted of questions from the resume, why Goldman Sachs, what you understand about Ops, and so on. The interviewers sounded like they were rushing for time and it made the interview uncomfortable.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Dec 29, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 (took a day)
This is for GSAM summer analyst post. only 1st round interviews by far, 1:1 phone interviews, each last about 30 min, with 2 analysts both of whom joined less than a year. Mainly competency questions and walking through resume but 1 asked me about my investment style and opinion on 2012 market. The interviews were very pleasant, they said HR will contact in next few days.
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Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Dec 19, 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 Feb 2010 in New York, NY (took a day)
The interview was a two step process. First the interview at the college campus, then they would invite you to fly to New York for a full day of interview with different employees of the company. Be prepared to answer questions about yourself. The questions were not that difficult but as I good interviewee you need to have those right on top of your mind.
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