Software Development Engineer (SDE) applicants have rated the interview process at Goldman Sachs with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 53% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer (SDE) roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 15 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Goldman Sachs overall takes an average of 33 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Goldman Sachs as a Software Development Engineer (SDE) according to 15 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 35%
Phone interview: 20%
Personality test: 10%
Group panel interview: 10%
One on one interview: 10%
Background check: 10%
Presentation: 5%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Goldman Sachs in Jun 2025
Interview
Applied, got called for coding exam. Successfully submitted the test it was Leetcode 1 easy 1 hard. It's been 2 weeks since I've given the test. Waiting for interview rounds.
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Question 1
it was Leetcode easy and hard questions, cant exactly tell.
Initial tech screening it went pretty. Its all basic coding questions and interviewer was polite and guided me along the interview. It was one hour of screening couple of questions related to project then moved to coding.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Goldman Sachs (Dallas, TX) in Jan 2026
Interview
The process started with a CoderPad technical round conducted remotely. The interview consisted of two coding problems with a time constraint. The first problem was a straightforward algorithmic question involving array manipulation and search, which I solved completely. The second problem involved graph traversal and cycle detection — I had the correct approach worked out but ran out of time to fully implement it. The interviewers were professional and the platform worked smoothly. Overall a standard technical screen for a large financial firm, though the time pressure was significant. Received a rejection email about a week after the interview.
They asked me one SDE question and asked me to explain one of my projects ....The interviewer provided many hints throughout the interview and was very helpful. my friends were also asked modetate questions