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Updated Apr 23, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Summer Technology Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Apr 23, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2012 in Salt Lake City, UT (took 2 days)
first round interview on campus, got invited to fly to salt lake for second round interview.
Was interviewed by two people as a panel interview in the first round interview. The second round in Salt Lake consisted of 4 1:1 interviews. Interviewers seemed rushed and a little disinterested. Asked questions off of a sheet. mainly technical questions
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had another offer
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Technology Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Mar 27, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2012 in New York, NY (took a day)
This was an on-site interview. It consisted of 9 rounds of 1:1 interviewing with people of varying seniority at the company. they asked many "fit" questions and there was a strong focus on "Why Goldman Sachs?". the technical questions were fairly easy and should not be a problem if you have interviewed at other more software-focused places.
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No negotiation
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Summer Technology Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Mar 16, 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 Mar 2012 in Jersey City, NJ (took a day)
I applied as a Sophomore Electrical Engineering student to Finance, Securities, and Technology summer positions, and was contacted in February for an on-campus interview for Technology. I had two interviewers then in a 2:1 interview, one girl from HR and one guy from the Tech department. They were warm, friendly and professional, asked a couple of programming questions (What is a Constructor/Destructor, Compare OOP with PP), a brain teaser, an ethical question, and had me walk them through my resume. I felt I came off as friendly and intelligent, though I had trouble answering their technical questions. Despite this, I was contacted for a followup at a Superday the following week.
My Superday was in Jersey City building with all Infrastructure specialists. A very different environment than a college career center, I really could tell they try and make employees feel comfortable and relaxed... and I felt that way too. Overall, a very friendly and professional experience, and I had three 1:1 morning interviews back to back with three VP's (my impression of VP's is that they're a level up from senior analysts in their fields). My interviewers asked more questions about my resume and prior internships than general technical questions. I got the impression that either my interviewers requested me specifically, or they assigned me to a department which my skill-set worked with, because they all seemed versed on the subject of my previous internship.
The first interview was decent, but I didn't feel like I personally connected to the interviewer. My second interview went pretty well, I really hit it off with the interviewer and we went over the allotted time by a decent amount. By the third interview, I felt like I was on a roll... but I was also starting to get exhausted from all the interviewing. I think I wrapped up well though.
Exactly one week later, I was contacted by my recruiter and informed I didn't make it. She was very polite and professional about it, but didn't really offer anything else in terms of advice or comments. (Nor did I ask.)
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Summer Analyst Technology at Goldman Sachs
Posted Nov 9, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2010 (took 2 weeks)
The majority of questions were coding related and a few logic problems. The process follows the typical financial practice of a super day. I had 9 interviews almost back to back. The interviewers ranged from Analysts to VPs and MDs. Overall the process was very difficult and required considerable calm to get through the day.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Technology Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Sep 25, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 (took 2 months)
easy
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Negotiation Details
none
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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Technology Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Apr 8, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in New York, NY (took a day)
I got the interview through school's website. The first interview took place at school's career center. It's a two to one interview basically about my resume and working experience. We also talked about some technical detail. Which language I have learned and what new technology I am passionate about. I got the superday invitation about a week later. Superday interview was held at their hq and Jersey office. Everyone have to interview with 1 to 3 group, and 3 interviewers per group. I only interviewed with one group. First interviewer asked some technical question. Second interviewer asked some IQ test. Third one is the team leader, but we were basically chit chating.
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Summer Technology Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Mar 21, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in Salt Lake City, UT (took a day)
I was invited to attend a symposium in the Salt lake city office. I had 1 full day of orientation on the previous day and on the next day, I had 3 1:1 interviews. The orientation was good and the company is excellent. I had already worked as a Software Engineer before in another company and Software companies offer more salary than Goldman Sachs. The salary is non-negotiable and pathetic, for the experience I have. I felt it was unfair.
I had very easy behavioral questions and technical questions were based on my resume and past experiences in the company I had worked for. Interviewers were very friendly.
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Reason for Declining
I had offer from a very reputed software company with almost 1.5 times more pay package than what was offered by Goldman Sachs. Goldman Sachs does not consider previous experience while making an offer. For an MNC, this behavior is quite pathetic.
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Technology Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Feb 26, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in New York, NY (took 3 weeks)
I have applied for the technology summer analyst position through my career website. Got an interview call for the first round on-campus. It was a 2:1 interview. The interviewers were very friendly and encouraging. It was mostly behavioral and attitude based. They asked me questions such as Why Goldman, the most interesting project you had worked on, my previous internship experience, How do u explain Object orineted concept to a 10 year old kid, Your favourite app on I-Phone. I cleared the first round and I was called for an on-site interview in NYC. I interviewed with 1 team consisting of 3 1:1 interviews. The first interview was completely technical. The interviewer was very very encouraging and made me feel very comfortable. Questions were fairly simple but requires a clear understanding of concepts in Object oriented programming and Databases. Questions like differences b/w overloading and overriding, virtual functions, why polymorphism, queries on Group by clause were asked. The next 2 interviews were fairly simple and behavioral and in nature. All in all it was a very good interview experience.
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Technology Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Jan 19, 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 Jan 2011 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 5 weeks)
Applied online and invited for the 1st assesment stage interview to GS offices in London. Travel expenses were covered. The stages consisted of 1 technical and 1 competency based interviews, technical interview was about a simple database and normalisation of it. Competency based interview was pretty regular simple questions about leadership, problem solving and so on. People were pretty friendly and the culture sounded pretty attractive.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Skills Test and a 1:1 Interview.
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Technology Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Posted Apr 1, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2010 in New York, NY (took a day)
First round was with two managers. It was purely behavioral. "Tell me about yourself" was the first question. "Why Goldman Sachs?" was asked on almost every interview.
Round two was a superday. 9 half hour interviews in a row in New York. You interview with up to 3 divisions and get an offer if you impress any one of them. Questions were behavioral and technical. Technical questions usually tested logic and technical expertise at the same time.
Almost every question with all 3 divisions I interviewed with was about data structures, eg. linked lists, hash tables. Database knowledge and networking is also important. Almost everyone asked me the basics of object oriented programming, ie polymorphism, encapsulation, inheritance.
Word of advice: you can't attempt to BS any answers. If you try to BS, they will keep digging deeper into it. Eg if you say you have experience working with databases, they will find out exactly what kind of experience you have and test you on it.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Background Check, a Drug Test, a Personality Test, a Skills Test, a Group/Panel Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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