I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Goldman Sachs (Bengaluru) in Sep 2008
Interview
There was an initial IQ and basic algorithms test. this part was outsourced to another company who administerred this test. It was a very general test and was not particularly tuned for that particular company. CVs were also asked for but that was just for the GPA.
There was a group interview after this intiial selection stage and it was filter based. Group interview went very well and it almost got me the job. After that there were two technical interviews all of which were on a 1:1 basis. Some basic C++ and some algo type of questions were asked. There was an HR round. By this time they had already decided to take me , so it was smooth sailing.
First round was hackerrank assessment having 2 coding questions. Then after clearing that, the first round of interview had Leetcode Hard question, similar to get the maximum score. I was not able to do it. Interviewer was very nice though
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leetcode Hard question, similar to get the maximum score
One OA and coding round
I failed at first round since I cannot solve that lc problem, interviewer is from the office out of Japan,
OA is easy, got help with AI you can easily passed it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
one hard lc question.
4. Median of Two Sorted Arrays
They said it's a 1:15-minute interview, but I finished in 40 mins. Starting with my previous work experience and projects, they asked 3 cultural questions and 3 coding questions, and I asked them 2 questions about the role, and I finished it.