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    Goldman Sachs Business Analyst Interview Questions

    Updated Sep 18, 2017
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    Business Analyst Interview

    Anonymous Employee in New York, NY
    Accepted Offer
    Positive Experience
    Average Interview

    Application

    I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Goldman Sachs (New York, NY) in March 2016.

    Interview

    It was pretty straightforward. Required knowledge of Equities, trade marketing strategies, portfolio analysis, and general business operations. Case studies focused on how one would solve rather than what is the best way to do it.

    Interview Questions

    • What is the universal truth that everyone disagrees you with?   Answer Question

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      Business Analyst Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No Offer

      Application

      I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Goldman Sachs.

      Interview

      Super day at Goldman, after being selected through my university's recruitment program, out of a top tier MIS program. Three different positions, two hours of interviews for each in three different office buildings in lower Manhattan. Anywhere from 2 to 5 people, one on one, per position. Also, group meetings with HR at beginning and end.

      Interview Questions

      • The only truly notable, and horrendous part, was two hours with X-Div. They did a negative interview. I didn't know what this was and was not prepared. 3 interviewers. 45 minutes each, I stayed in the same room. Every response I gave was wrong, questioned with a negative implication. It was essentially a stress test. If I had realized what was going on, I would have responded a lot better. I thought it was indicative of an abusive culture and told HR I was out.   Answer Question

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      Business Analyst Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate in Philadelphia, PA
      No Offer
      Neutral Experience
      Difficult Interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Goldman Sachs (Philadelphia, PA) in October 2014.

      Interview

      Interviewed for the first stage. Didn't make it to second. Interview was gained through career center in my university, which is top tier. It sends a lot of students at Goldman Sachs.

      Interview Questions

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      Business Analyst Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate in New York, NY
      No Offer
      Positive Experience
      Difficult Interview

      Interview

      My first interview took place at the Goldman Sachs offices located in downtown Manhattan. The interview was more technical than I anticipated. First they want to get to know character, that part was not difficult as long as you have fair communication skills, after that
      most of the questions were regarding programing using c++. I thought the interview went bad but I was invited to the super day which included 3 interviews for one department I was selected for. Each interview was different, one was personality, the second was brain teasers, and the third was programing based.

      Interview Questions

      • How would you you write a program for a poker game? walk me through the algorithm.   2 Answers

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      Business Analyst Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate in Salt Lake City, UT
      Declined Offer

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6+ months. I interviewed at Goldman Sachs (Salt Lake City, UT).

      Interview

      Well, I found out about the job through campus, the job was designed for me and I really wanted it. I had 3 phone interviews, one with the HR person and 2 with the specialist. They flew me to NYC and it was a great interview with around 8 ppl from different departments. Questions were technical and there was no surprise, they really wanted to know that I actually know what I am talking about..

      Interview Questions

      • Be honest and just hang out, They are really nice and smart people have fun in the interview just as if you were going out for dinner and met some ppl for the first time. if they reject you then it is probably not a good fit for either one of you.   Answer Question

      Reasons for Declining

      I had to relocate all the way from the Middle East for this Job and I had to be there 15 days after the offer was made, I was not able to finish up personal matters by then. Also, it was not alot of money to uproot myself and go to Utah
      Really, it was family reasons that I could not just leave my family and go...I wish I could take it..it was my dream job..

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      Business Analyst Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate in New York, NY
      No Offer
      Neutral Experience
      Average Interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Goldman Sachs (New York, NY) in November 2013.

      Interview

      It was a good experience with purely behavioral questions for the first round. Don't know the result of this round. Hope for the best.

      Interview Questions

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      Business Analyst Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No Offer
      Positive Experience
      Average Interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Goldman Sachs in September 2013.

      Interview

      Dropped my resume at career fair and had interview the following day.

      Basically walked through my resume and asked about the details when it comes to analysis part. Gave me lots of advice on career since I am still a underclassman. In general, the experience is positive. No technical questions.

      Interview Questions

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      Business Analyst Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate in South Chicago Heights, Cook, IL
      No Offer
      Neutral Experience
      Difficult Interview

      Application

      The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Goldman Sachs (South Chicago Heights, Cook, IL) in January 2012.

      Interview

      it was good but tough.

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      Business Analyst Interview

      Anonymous Employee in Salt Lake City, UT
      Accepted Offer
      Positive Experience
      Average Interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Goldman Sachs (Salt Lake City, UT) in November 2011.

      Interview

      1. Applied online through my college career website
      2. Attended information session to get to know the recruiters
      3. Received email inviting for on-campus interview
      4. On-campus interview round: two 2:1 interviews
      5. Received email inviting for final interview round in their office
      6. Two 2:1 interviews
      7. Received phone call with offer two weeks after final interview

      Interview Questions

      • Recent M&A the company was involved in.   1 Answer
      • Give a description of what you think the day-to-day work on this position involves.   1 Answer

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      Business Analyst Interview

      Anonymous Interview Candidate in Jersey City, NJ
      No Offer
      Negative Experience
      Easy Interview

      Application

      The process took 4+ weeks. I interviewed at Goldman Sachs (Jersey City, NJ) in April 2011.

      Interview

      Completely string you on. Currently I'm still being strung along. Had about 6 - 1/2 hour interviews and received a call they want to move forward. We started negotiating and offer and she said she'd call me back within the next day or so. A week goes by and nothing. I call them and they say "they really like you, but we're still interviewing." Why tell me we're moving forward with an offer and then string me along with no communication? No thanks anymore.

      Interview Questions

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