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Analyst - Legal at Goldman Sachs

No Offer – Reviewed Apr 21, 2013

Interview Details 4 interviews. All 1:1 over the phone.

Interview Question – nothing too unexpected.   Answer Question

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Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs

No Offer – Interviewed in Mar 2012 – Reviewed Apr 03, 2013

Interview Details A phone interview, asking statistics and math questions. First ask your education and working experience, then ask three different math questions, all need a pen and piece of paper to answer. The people interviewed me are nice, but them seem a little hurry. I applied through my school's career site, and didn't expect that they would email me.

Interview Question – whats the chance that an uneven coin had 3 heads up.   Answer Question

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Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs

Declined Offer – Reviewed Feb 09, 2013

Interview Details If you were Ben Bernanke and were reflecting back on last 5 years, what would you think about your decisions till now?

Interview Question – None   Answer Question

Reason for Declining – Decided to pursue a different career altogether

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Analyst at Goldman Sachs

No Offer – Interviewed in Toronto, ON Mar 2012 – Reviewed Oct 24, 2012

Interview Details round 1 on phone with stafffer, round 2 in office with associates

Interview Question – why does a bullet travel fast   Answer Question

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Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs

Accepted Offer – Interviewed on Toronto, ON Apr 2010 – Reviewed Jul 14, 2010

Interview Details I applied for the Summer internship analyst position. First, I was given a test on financial concepts. Two weeks later, I was interviewed on the phone. The questions were very general and consisted of me describing my past experiences. Two months after that, I was interviewed one on one about technical/mathematical concepts. For instance, one of the questions was: What is 97^2 ?

Interview Question – List 3 methods used in accounting for investments   View Answers (2)

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Operations Analyst at Goldman Sachs

No Offer – Interviewed in Oct 2009 – Reviewed Nov 03, 2009

Interview Details This is a phone interview experience with Goldman Sachs. The person that interviewed me was an Executive Director who was very laid back. It was pretty much all based on fit questions as well as several questions about Goldman Sachs. Just general stuff, not too complicated. I'm waiting for the next step and will definitely keep everyone posted

Interview Question – What makes us different from other companies?   Answer Question

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Operations Analyst at Goldman Sachs

No Offer – Interviewed in Oct 2009 – Reviewed Oct 21, 2009

Interview Details Applied through campus job posting in mid Sep. Received email to schedule for a phone interview around early Oct and it lasted about 30 minutes. Pure fit questions. Pretty much just went through your whole resume and the interviewer was very very nice. I almost forgotten that it was an interview but a casual conversation about my past experiences...The most "interesting" part is that when he asked if I had anything not listed on resume and would like him to know...I thought about it for a second and decided to tell him something interesting about myself - I was a participant in a Guinness World's Record. He literally bursted out laughing and kept on asking me the details. No technical questions at all except the "Why Goldman / operations and Why Asia"...Still waiting for response for 2nd round interview

Interview Question – Tell me something about yourself that is not on your resume and you would like me to know.   Answer Question

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Systems Analyst at Goldman Sachs

No Offer – Interviewed in Bangalore (India) May 2013 – Reviewed May 25, 2013 New

Interview Details Went to try interview here for practice. Didn't clear written round. In written , you will be asked all type of questions related to compiler errors, run time errors, oops, polymorphisms, threading etc you will be given one hour time. For analytical you ll get 20 mins and 15 questions all like Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Area, Distance/Speed/Time, Relationship (Uncle,Father,Son) etc etc. Don't know about interviews since didn't clear first round.

Interview Question – Nothing as per difficult, but just expect questions related to technology as you are writing a paper for fresher out of college for your first company even with 3 - 4 years of experience.   Answer Question

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Vice President at Goldman Sachs

No Offer – Interviewed in New York, NY (US) Dec 2012 – Reviewed May 17, 2013 New

Interview Details Called by HR person about a week after submitting resume. Interview was with hiring manager and managing director. Basic questions about background etc. Questions related to position and why I wanted to work with GS. Called back in about 3 days from HR person that they selected another person.

Interview Question – Why did I want to work with GS (it's obvious why but having a legit reason is harder).   View Answer

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Technology Analyst at Goldman Sachs

No Offer – Interviewed in New York, NY (US) Mar 2013 – Reviewed May 22, 2013 New

Interview Details I had a first interview via the phone. Some people had theirs a week before mine on campus. Thus, I thought I had no chance but they called me in for a second round to the New York office. It was majestic and they took care of each and every expense, from home till there and back. Everyone was extremely polite and it was enjoyable indeed!

Interview Question – Looking at the current market, what would your investment suggestion be?

I dont think they wanted a straight answer, but i was stumped!
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