I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Goldman Sachs (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2009
Interview
I had a 2 on 1 interview with two members of Goldman Sachs operations people. I came late and was a little hung over, but I managed to get a second interview. Very frustrating because they give you very short notice about the next interview in the process and expect you to drop everything in order to fly somewhere. In the end they seemed to be emulating the general culture of Goldman Sachs, snobby and fiercely competitive. Not the environment I want to work in. Asked some questions that seemed like traps, like what is more important, efficiency or creativity?
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Goldman Sachs (London, England)
Interview
Had inital phone call with hiring manager and was then invited in to the office for a 3 round interview. Interview with hiring manager and team member with normal competency based questions, second round with senior manager which was general conversation and talking about past experience and last interview with 4 analysts from different team talking about career. Hiring manager never came back to me with a response at all.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time where you had to prioritise different tasks in a high pressured environment and how you went about doing so.
I interviewed at Goldman Sachs (Salt Lake City, UT)
Interview
4 30 minute interviews back to back, never asked me if the times they selected for me were ok, just had to accept that it would be in the middle of the day.
Asked me basic questions like how do I handle difficult situations and what kind of worker I am. Super easy tbh. It’s completely a personality interview, not any questions about experience in specific concepts, for example ability to use excel.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you found an error on a report and what did you do?
Hireview and super day, 1 hour of interviews with 3 different people in the team. Similar questions asked in each realm of separate zoom rooms. Offer received after superday so only one round