What is the interview process like at Goldman Sachs Group?

Goldman Sachs runs one of the most standardised funnels on Wall Street: an online application, then a recorded HireVue video interview (a handful of behavioural prompts plus one question per division applied to, with seconds to prepare and about two minutes to record), then a Superday of three to five short back-to-back interviews with VPs, MDs and team members. Front-office and corporate divisions lean heavily behavioural at Superday with technicals layered in by division (markets views and a stock pitch in S&T, accounting and valuation in IB, probability and stochastic calculus in quant/strats, credit case studies in risk). Engineering and strats candidates get an extra quantitative gate first: a timed HackerRank or on-campus test mixing coding, advanced aptitude and CS fundamentals, followed by multiple hour-long CoderPad interviews, which is the dominant pattern for the large India engineering base in Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

What topics does Goldman Sachs Group test in interviews?

Commonly reported topics include Behavioral, Fit, Resume, Technicals, Why Goldman, Markets.

Goldman Sachs Group Interview Questions & Experience

Analyst

Outcome not shared

unknown. 6 rounds. Shared by elal123 on wso, 2025-10-05

1Associate round 1TechnicalTechnical questions.Covered: Technicals
2Associate round 2TechnicalIndustry knowledge discussion.Covered: Industry
3VP round 1BehavioralMotivation for banking.Covered: Why banking
4VP round 2BehavioralSeveral situational questions.Covered: Situational
5MD caseCase studyCase study with a managing director.
6MD fitFinalFit conversation with a managing director.

Asset Management Insurance Strats Summer Intern

Outcome not shared

Internship. 6 rounds. Shared by dancolumbia on wso, 2013-08-28

1Phone interviewTechnical30-minute call with resume, team intro and two technicals.Covered: Portfolio variance, Swap rate range
2Superday 1TechnicalAsset-liability duration problem.Covered: Duration matching, Rate sensitivity, Rates and options
3Superday 2TechnicalTime series and actuarial questions.Covered: Covariance stationarity, Life insurance premium, Regression autocorrelation
4Superday 3TechnicalRandom generator puzzle and expected steps.Covered: Rand5 to Rand7
5Superday 4TechnicalRisk and probability.Covered: VaR, Bayesian coin problem, Binomial tree discounting
6Superday 5TechnicalSimulation and insurance-loss modeling.Covered: Sampling a point in a circle, Compound Poisson claims

Software Engineer

Outcome not shared

Experienced, via HackerRank. 6 rounds. Shared by Simran Kaur on youtube

1Online Assessment (HackerRank)Online assessmentTwo-hour HackerRank test with two problems: a counting/DP problem framed as scoring pages in a book, and k-closest-points-to-origin on a 2D plane.Covered: Data structures & algorithms, Dynamic programming, Arrays & strings
2Coding Screen (Coderpad)Phone screenOne-hour shared-coderpad screen to check clean code by passing test cases: trapping-rain-water and the median of two sorted arrays.Covered: Data structures & algorithms, Arrays & strings
3Superday Technical 1PanelPanel of two or three interviewers. Problems included counting car overlaps given positions and speeds, points on the same line (hashmap of slopes with precision handling), and a min-stack with a follow-up on implementing a queue using two stacks.Covered: Data structures & algorithms, Arrays & strings, Data structures & algorithms
4Superday Technical 2PanelIncreasing difficulty: k maximum elements across n sorted arrays via a heap, two single-occurrence elements via XOR without extra space, and a discussion of Dijkstra's assumptions versus Prim's.Covered: Data structures & algorithms, Concurrency, System design
5Superday Technical 3PanelDP problem on ways to form a number from squares (subset-sum framing) with an integers variant, plus open-ended distributed-systems questions about finding globally unique integers across many machines and ranking incoming strings against a pool.Covered: Dynamic programming, System design, Data structures & algorithms
6Superday VP RoundHiring managerOne-on-one with a VP, the toughest round, covering mostly general and non-DSA questions rather than standard algorithm problems.Covered: Resume deep-dive, Domain knowledge

Analyst (SDE-1)

Received an offer

Experienced, Bangalore, India, 20 to 30 LPA (mostly base, no RSUs). 6 rounds. Shared by Why so deep, Arideep? on youtube

1Online AssessmentOnline assessmentAn easy screening OA, roughly LeetCode-easy level, sent to about 200 candidates.Covered: Data structures & algorithms
2DSA InterviewTechnicalTwo interviewers, one problem each on a coderpad, around 30 minutes per question: a basic DP problem and a binary-search problem, coded and run.Covered: Data structures & algorithms, Dynamic programming
3DSA InterviewTechnicalSame two-interviewer pattern with harder story-framed questions involving a sliding-window approach and a heap.Covered: Data structures & algorithms
4DSA + HLD InterviewSystem designA LeetCode hard-ish graph problem followed by a half-hour high-level-design segment. Extra time went to resume and front-end questions.Covered: Graphs, System design, Data structures & algorithms
5DSA + LLD InterviewLow-level designA hard graph problem plus a low-level-design question centered on UML and implementing functional and non-functional components (no full machine-coding).Covered: Graphs, Low-level design, OOP
6Behavioral (offline)BehavioralIn-person round to verify online performance, covering the previous company's project in depth plus basic behavioral questions. Offline attendance varied by candidate location.Covered: Past projects, Behavioral

Compliance Software Engineer

Outcome not shared

Experienced. 5 rounds. Shared by GeeksforGeeks contributor (handle not exposed) on gfg, 2025-09-05

1Online assessmentOnline assessmentTwo easy coding problems on an online judge, one a string compression task and one an ad-hoc matrix problem. A response came roughly two weeks after applying.Covered: Arrays & strings, Data structures & algorithms
2CoderPad algorithms interviewTechnicalA CoderPad session with an IDE and a whiteboard area, language of the candidate's choice, covering an aggregation problem and a classic array problem with follow-ups.Covered: Arrays & strings, Data structures & algorithms
3Algorithms interviewTechnicalTwo more problems, including one requiring simulation of colliding elements in an array and an optimisation follow-up on space usage.Covered: Arrays & strings, Data structures & algorithms
4Software engineering interviewTechnicalA geometry-flavoured counting problem, then discussion of work experience and an explanation of a design pattern of the candidate's choosing.Covered: Data structures & algorithms, OOP, Past projects
5Design interviewLow-level designA full design round: model a utility-bill payment interface with classes for the entities and services or APIs for authentication and payment, then extend into the supporting high-level design covering caching, auth tokens and scale.Covered: Low-level design, System design, API design, Scalability

Analyst, Software Engineering (referral, India)

Outcome not shared

Experienced. 5 rounds. Shared by GeeksforGeeks contributor (handle not exposed) on gfg, 2024-09-06

1Online assessmentOnline assessmentTwo medium coding problems in 120 minutes after an employee referral.Covered: Data structures & algorithms
2CoderPad interviewTechnicalA one-hour single-interviewer round starting with introductions and follow-ups, then two hash-map problems where the interviewer pushed each solution from brute force to an optimised single-map design.Covered: Arrays & strings, Data structures & algorithms
3Technical interviewTechnicalTwo interviewers covering the candidate's current data-analytics role and its development lifecycle, a SQL query to delete a duplicate row, then a string repetition problem the candidate could not fully pass.Covered: SQL, Arrays & strings, Resume deep-dive
4Technical interviewTechnicalTwo interviewers on the resume and day-to-day work, then a duplicates-within-a-window array problem worked from brute force through a dry run and complexity discussion.Covered: Arrays & strings, Data structures & algorithms, Resume deep-dive
5HR roundFinalThe recruiter had flagged in advance that after the two eliminatory technical rounds there would be an HR conversation on the same day.Covered: Behavioral

Senior Analyst, Data Engineering (Bengaluru)

Received an offer

Experienced. 5 rounds. Shared by GeeksforGeeks contributor (handle not exposed) on gfg, 2021-12-13

1CoderPad interviewTechnicalAn hour of algorithms covering a subarray-sum problem and a binary tree property check.Covered: Arrays & strings, Trees
2Data engineering interviewTechnicalAn hour on big data fundamentals, Spark, HDFS and YARN, why PySpark exists, JVM behaviour, Scala versus Java and RDDs versus DataFrames, plus a coding task implementing diff logic.Covered: Domain knowledge, Data structures & algorithms, Concurrency
3Data modelling interviewTechnicalData modelling, normalisation and normal forms, ER diagrams and key types, plus a greedy scheduling coding problem.Covered: SQL, DBMS, Data structures & algorithms
4Hiring manager interviewHiring managerA 90-minute session on distributed file systems and columnar versus row file formats, designing a collaborative coding environment down to classes and functions, and a streaming-median coding question.Covered: System design, Domain knowledge, Data structures & algorithms
5HR roundFinalA 45-minute conversation led by a business head on reasons for leaving the current employer and motivation for the firm. The offer came at the end of it.Covered: Behavioral

Internal Wholesaler

Outcome not shared

unknown. 5 rounds. Shared by John-Jones1 on wso, 2014-12-15

1Phone interviewsPhone screenTwo calls with current internal wholesalers.
2Two-on-onePanelWith a manager and a current wholesaler.
3Role playsCase studyThree mock phone sales calls.
4Desk headHiring managerOne-on-one with the desk head.
5Fund presentationPresentationPresented a fund to six people.

Operations Analyst

Not selected

unknown, Salt Lake City, UT. 5 rounds. Shared by vcslamdunk on wso, 2014-09-17

1Written applicationTake-homeEssay on three set topics.
2Phone interviewPhone screenPhone screen.
3Group Skype interviewGroup exerciseGroup video interview and info call.
4Onsite day 1BehavioralTwo hour-long interviews.
5Onsite day 2FinalFinal interview. No offer.

Associate

Outcome not shared

unknown. 4 rounds. Shared by mnpatturi on wso, 2026-09-21

1Coding roundTechnicalLive coding interview in CoderPad.Covered: Coding
2Technical interviewTechnicalDiscussion of resume plus probability and stats questions.Covered: Resume, Probability, Statistics
3HR callPhone screenConversation about expectations.
4SuperdayFinalFour fairly technical rounds including the hiring manager.

Investment Banking Summer Analyst (Capital Solutions Group)

Outcome not shared

Internship. 4 rounds. Shared by incoming.unemployed. on wso, 2026-06-11

1HireVueBehavioralVideo screen.
2Superday round 1BehavioralEntirely behavioral.Covered: Fit
3Superday round 2BehavioralIndustry discussion plus more fit questions.Covered: Industry trends
4Superday round 3TechnicalTechnical questions on infrastructure deals from both sides of the capital structure.Covered: Infrastructure investing, Debt, Equity

Quantitative Strategist

Outcome not shared

unknown. 4 rounds. Shared by alksdajf1s3 on wso, 2026-04-29

1Online assessmentOnline assessmentThree-hour test of math and coding problems, fairly easy.Covered: Math, LeetCode
2HireVueBehavioralVideo interview months after the assessment.
3First roundTechnical45 minutes combining fit questions and an algorithm problem.Covered: Behavioral, Coding
4SuperdayFinalTwo 45-minute sessions.Covered: Math, Behavioral, Coding

FICC and Equities Summer Analyst

Outcome not shared

Internship. 4 rounds. Shared by eric.leaf on wso, 2026-02-11

1HireVueBehavioralVideo interview after referral.
2Superday - quantTechnicalPuzzles with an FX algo quant.Covered: Brain teasers
3Superday - structurerTechnicalTechnical problems with a fixed income structurer.Covered: Rates, Problem solving
4Superday - salesBehavioralFit interview with a salesperson.

Quantitative Strategist

Outcome not shared

unknown. 4 rounds. Shared by nurihasan1976 on wso, 2026-01-15

1CoderPadTechnicalLive coding interview.Covered: Coding
2Phone screenPhone screenScreening call.
3Virtual onsiteTechnicalFour technical interviews.
4Hiring managerHiring managerFinal conversation with the manager.

Risk Analyst

Received an offer

unknown. 4 rounds. Shared by Krd98309340 on wso, 2025-08-01

1HR callPhone screenRecruiter call.
2VP callHiring manager30-minute call with a VP.
3Team interviewsPanelFour interviews with analysts and associates.
4MD meetingFinalFinal meeting with a managing director.

Strats Associate (Asset & Wealth Management)

Not selected

Experienced. 4 rounds. Shared by GeeksforGeeks contributor (handle not exposed) on gfg, 2025-06-10

1Exploratory screenPhone screenA 30-minute video call on background, career goals and motivation for the strats role and the division.Covered: Behavioral, Resume deep-dive
2Coding roundTechnicalAn hour of problem solving over video: a chessboard shortest-path problem solved by spotting the movement pattern, and a classic array problem the candidate could not finish in time.Covered: Data structures & algorithms, Arrays & strings
3Technical panelTechnicalA two-interviewer panel that opened with a logic puzzle the candidate could not close, then moved through number manipulation with edge cases such as overflow and an array problem that had to be optimised from sorting to hashing.Covered: Puzzles, Arrays & strings, Data structures & algorithms
4Technical panelTechnicalHeld 15 minutes after the previous round: a stack-based string reduction problem, then a numerical precision problem solved by binary search that the candidate struggled to implement to the required precision.Covered: Arrays & strings, Data structures & algorithms

Investment Banking Analyst

Outcome not shared

unknown. 4 rounds. Shared by dennismedinaa30 on wso, 2025-05-11

1HireVueBehavioralVideo interview.
2Phone interviewPhone screenCall months later.
3In-person interviewTechnicalOn-site interview.
4SuperdayFinalFinal round.

Private Equity Summer Analyst

Outcome not shared

Internship. 4 rounds. Shared by slimshady_12 on wso, 2025-03-21

1HireVueBehavioralVideo screen.
2Superday - behavioralBehavioral25-minute fit interview.
3Superday - technicalTechnicalModerate technical questions.
4Superday - caseCase studyUnusual PE-style case questions.

Quant Strategist Intern

Outcome not shared

Internship. 4 rounds. Shared by gymbro on wso, 2025-03-12

1HackerRankOnline assessmentTwo-hour coding section and one-hour math section.Covered: Coding, Math
2HireVueBehavioralStandard behavioral and personality video.
3Onsite technical 1TechnicalIntro questions then probability problems.Covered: Math, Probability, Resume
4Onsite technical 2TechnicalIntro questions then a coding problem.Covered: Data structures, OOP

Summer Associate

Outcome not shared

Internship. 4 rounds. Shared by AMJ03 on wso, 2025-02-10

1First roundTechnicalPure technical screen after group coffee chats.Covered: Depreciation, Deferred revenue, WACC and taxes, EV and market cap, Merger math
2Superday 1TechnicalSimilar to the first round, somewhat easier.
3Superday 2TechnicalPuzzles, mental math and a dice probability question.Covered: Brain teasers, Probability
4Superday 3BehavioralFit conversation and chance to close.Covered: Why GS, Recruiting priorities

Off-cycle Analyst (Real Estate)

Outcome not shared

Internship. 4 rounds. Shared by 7scjyygtyq on wso, 2024-05-29

1Analyst interviewTechnicalFit and technical questions with deep probing of past deals.Covered: Prior deals, IRR, Valuation
2VP interviewTechnicalSecond-round interview.
3Excel modeling testTake-homeModeling exercise.Covered: Excel modeling
4HRFinalFinal HR conversation.

Software Engineer (lateral, India)

Received an offer

Experienced. 4 rounds. Shared by GeeksforGeeks contributor (handle not exposed) on gfg, 2024-04-22

1Online assessmentOnline assessmentA 120-minute test with two medium-to-hard coding problems, sent by a recruiter who found the candidate's profile on a job board.Covered: Data structures & algorithms
2Rounds 2-4: CoderPad technical interviewsTechnicalThree interviews, each with two interviewers on CoderPad, running 60 to 90 minutes. Content spanned string and array problems, matrix path dynamic programming, implementing a dynamic array from scratch with complexity analysis of each operation, and recognising when two problems reduce to the same recurrence.Covered: Arrays & strings, Dynamic programming, Data structures & algorithms, Low-level design
3Technical with puzzlesTechnicalA shorter round pairing one hard algorithmic problem with a couple of puzzles.Covered: Data structures & algorithms, Puzzles
4Managerial roundHiring managerClosing managerial conversation on the same day as the technical block. The offer followed a few weeks later.Covered: Past projects, Behavioral

Quantitative Strategist Summer Analyst

Outcome not shared

Internship. 4 rounds. Shared by hho016 on wso, 2023-12-28

1HireVueBehavioralVideo interview.
2HackerRankOnline assessmentCoding problems plus math multiple choice.Covered: LeetCode, Math
3SuperdayTechnicalTwo one-on-ones with strats probing projects.Covered: Projects, Technicals
4MD roundFinalOne-on-one with a managing director.Covered: Fit, Technicals, Projects

Software Engineering Intern (off-campus, India)

Not selected

Internship. 4 rounds. Shared by GeeksforGeeks contributor (handle not exposed) on gfg, 2023-12-28

1Aptitude and technical testOnline assessmentAn aptitude plus technical screening test that gated entry to the interview day.Covered: Aptitude, Data structures & algorithms
2Technical interviewTechnicalA CoderPad session covering a binary search tree traversal question and a string-edit dynamic programming problem the candidate reframed as longest common subsequence.Covered: Trees, Dynamic programming
3Technical interviewTechnicalStarted on SQL and the technologies listed on the resume, then moved to cycle detection in a linked list and a greedy cost-minimisation problem.Covered: SQL, Data structures & algorithms, Past projects
4Senior technical interviewTechnicalA late-evening round with a senior interviewer on projects, the internals of hash maps and collision handling, and a two-pointer array problem.Covered: Past projects, Data structures & algorithms, DBMS

Investment Banking Summer Analyst

Outcome not shared

Internship. 4 rounds. Shared by citizenkane on wso, 2023-12-19

1HireVueBehavioralSeven or eight non-technical questions.
2Superday - behavioralBehavioralFit interview with two senior bankers.Covered: Why banking, Deal discussion, Teamwork, Group preference
3Superday - technicalTechnicalClassic banking technicals.
4Superday - personalityBehavioralUnusual questions on goals and how you think.Covered: Goals, Hypotheticals

Equity Research Associate

Outcome not shared

unknown. 4 rounds. Shared by sumoyasho on wso, 2023-09-29

1Case preparationCase studyThirty minutes to review case material.
2Junior interviewBehavioralMotivation questions and a pitch.Covered: Motivation, Stock pitch
3Senior interviewTechnicalCV-based technical interview with an MD/ED.Covered: CV, Technicals
4Case interviewCase studyAssociate challenged the case conclusions.

Analyst

Outcome not shared

New grad. 4 rounds. Shared by wallstreetvikas114 on wso, 2023-08-06

1On-campus testOnline assessmentTimed four-section test on laptops.Covered: Coding, Aptitude, Behavioral, CS fundamentals
2Technical 1TechnicalMixed technical interview.Covered: Probability, Machine learning, Coding, Projects
3Technical 2TechnicalData structures and CS fundamentals.Covered: DSA, LRU cache, DBMS, OS, OOP
4HRBehavioralResume-focused HR interview.Covered: Resume, Django

Summer Analyst, Engineering Campus Hiring Program (India)

Outcome not shared

Internship. 4 rounds. Shared by GeeksforGeeks contributor (handle not exposed) on gfg, 2023-07-03

1Aptitude testOnline assessmentA 90-minute, 66-question aptitude test with six sections spanning numerical computation, numerical reasoning, abstract, logical and diagrammatic reasoning, and verbal, timed as a whole rather than per section.Covered: Aptitude, Puzzles
2Coursework stageTake-homeA month-long block of assigned online courses shortlisted candidates had to complete before the technical test, covering algorithms, CS fundamentals and some machine learning modules.Covered: Data structures & algorithms, Machine learning
3Technical testOnline assessmentAbout twenty items: two coding problems, eight advanced quantitative aptitude questions, seven or eight CS fundamentals questions and two written situational questions. This candidate advanced despite only partially solving the coding problems, which suggests the sections are weighted rather than gated on code alone.Covered: Data structures & algorithms, Aptitude, Behavioral
4InterviewTechnicalA Zoom interview run through breakout rooms, opening with self-introduction, preceded by a firm-run mentoring session with GS leaders to familiarise candidates with the process.Covered: Resume deep-dive, Data structures & algorithms

Equity Research

Outcome not shared

unknown. 4 rounds. Shared by madisonelizabethnoble on wso, 2022-10-14

1HireVueBehavioralVideo screen.
2Superday - behavioralBehavioralFit interview.
3Superday - divisionBehavioralTested understanding of research.Covered: Division knowledge
4Superday - technicalTechnicalMore technical interview.

Equity Research Analyst

Not selected

unknown. 4 rounds. Shared by Stephen-Lam on wso, 2022-04-19

1HR callPhone screenPhone screen.
2Hiring managerHiring managerZoom interview.
3ED interviewTechnicalSecond Zoom interview.
4Modeling testTake-homeDid not pass this stage.Covered: Modeling

Associate

Outcome not shared

unknown. 4 rounds. Shared by berrycandy on wso, 2022-03-14

1HR screenPhone screenInitial screen.
2VP interviewHiring managerOne-on-one with the unit VP.
3Associate interviewBehavioralWith two associates.
4PitchPresentationPresentation to a group.

Analyst

Outcome not shared

unknown. 4 rounds. Shared by ref907 on wso, 2021-10-28

1Intro callPhone screenIntroductory first round.
2Technical callTechnicalMore technical phone call.
3Fit callBehavioralFit-focused phone call.
4SuperdayFinalAbout five interviews, some with multiple interviewers.

Global Markets Associate

Outcome not shared

unknown. 4 rounds. Shared by kaboud on wso, 2021-09-22

1Aptitude testOnline assessmentTimed test.Covered: Verbal, Numerical, Behavioral
2HR screenPhone screenMotivation questions.Covered: Why Goldman, Why Global Markets
3Assessment centerAssessment centreCases and group exercises.Covered: Case studies, Group activities
4MD roundFinalLargely a formality discussing research and the role.Covered: Postgraduate research

Summer Analyst, Technology (on-campus, India)

Received an offer

Internship. 4 rounds. Shared by GeeksforGeeks contributor (handle not exposed) on gfg, 2021-09-07

1Online coding roundOnline assessmentA five-section test: two easy-to-medium coding problems, eight aptitude questions, eight CS fundamentals questions across OOP, DBMS, OS and a language, one hard graph problem, and two written situational questions requiring fast typing.Covered: Data structures & algorithms, Aptitude, OOP, DBMS, Behavioral
2Technical interviewTechnicalAbout 40 minutes: a project deep-dive with database questions including SQL versus NoSQL trade-offs, then a binary tree traversal problem with a space-optimisation follow-up.Covered: Past projects, DBMS, Trees
3Technical interviewTechnicalOpened with a chessboard movement puzzle to expose the candidate's general problem-solving strategy, then a partition-into-equal-subsets problem taken from recursion to a dynamic programming formulation.Covered: Puzzles, Dynamic programming
4HR plus technical interviewBehavioralFour fit questions on time management, project motivation and social impact, then a counterfeit-coin style puzzle and a heap-based greedy problem.Covered: Behavioral, Past projects, Puzzles, Data structures & algorithms

Analyst, Engineering Campus Hiring Program (India)

Received an offer

New grad. 4 rounds. Shared by GeeksforGeeks contributor (handle not exposed) on gfg, 2021-07-21

1Technical interviewTechnicalIntroductions and interest areas, then a sliding-window array problem that the interviewer wanted implemented in one specific way.Covered: Data structures & algorithms, Arrays & strings
2CS fundamentals interviewTechnicalBroad fundamentals: object orientation and polymorphism, normalisation and ACID properties, processes versus threads, deadlock, plus a graph problem the candidate recognised as topological sort, discussed rather than coded.Covered: OOP, DBMS, Operating systems, Concurrency, Graphs
3Design interviewLow-level designAbstract classes versus interfaces, then writing the database schema and relationships for one of the candidate's own projects, then an open-ended design of an auctioning system covering key features and tables.Covered: OOP, DBMS, System design, Past projects
4Managerial interviewHiring managerA senior team member covering an obstacle faced on a project, motivation behind personal projects, the final-year project, and a direct question about competing offers, followed by a long description of the team's work.Covered: Behavioral, Past projects

Wealth Management

Outcome not shared

New grad. 4 rounds. Shared by _business_casualty on wso, 2021-06-28

1Recruiter screenPhone screen20-minute call.
2Associate callBehavioralInformal Q&A about the role.
3Virtual superdayFinalFive 30-minute interviews split between fit and business development.Covered: Behavioral, Prospecting, Lead sourcing
4Additional interviewsBehavioralTwo more interviews weeks later. No final response.

Summer Analyst

Outcome not shared

Internship. 4 rounds. Shared by sottilexavier on wso, 2021-06-07

1HireVueBehavioralVideo interview.
2Superday - technicalTechnicalTechnical interview.
3Superday - resumeBehavioralResume interview.
4Superday - behavioralBehavioralFit interview.

First-year Analyst

Outcome not shared

New grad. 4 rounds. Shared by jonathanfitzgerald on wso, 2021-04-19

1Online testOnline assessmentTwo short and one long coding problem plus MCQs.Covered: Coding, Multiple choice
2Technical 1TechnicalData structures and algorithms.Covered: DSA
3Technical 2TechnicalProject discussion and databases.Covered: Projects, DBMS
4HRBehavioralBasic HR questions.

Senior Analyst

Received an offer

unknown. 4 rounds. Shared by Freduf on wso, 2021-04-03

1HireVueBehavioralFive questions.
2Phone interviewPhone screenInitial call.
3SuperdayFinalFour interviewers.
4Role discussionHiring managerFinal conversation before the offer.

Equity Research Summer Associate

Outcome not shared

Internship. 4 rounds. Shared by WallStreetOasis.com on wso, 2021-03-26

1HR callPhone screen20 minutes.
2Analyst callBehavioral40 minutes.
3Model and reportTake-homeBuilt a model and wrote a stock and industry report.Covered: Excel model, Stock report
4Hiring committeeFinalIn-person interviews.

Investment Banking Associate

Outcome not shared

unknown. 4 rounds. Shared by Pedro the Lion on wso, 2021-03-25

1First screenerBehavioralOne in-person interview.
2Second screenerTechnicalTwo in-person interviews.
3Online superdayFinalTwo hours.
4In-person superdayFinalTwo hours, about one-third technical.Covered: DCF, Why this group, Why IB, Brain teaser

Associate

Outcome not shared

unknown. 4 rounds. Shared by jeff_throw on wso, 2021-02-01

1HackerRankOnline assessmentOne-week window.
2Video screenPhone screenScreening call.
3Remote interviewsTechnicalTwo interviews with different teams.
4Hiring managerHiring managerFinal call.

Intern

Outcome not shared

Internship. 4 rounds. Shared by WallStreetOasis.com on wso, 2021-01-10

1Online testsOnline assessmentTwo tests.Covered: Logical reasoning, Numerical
2Associate phone interviewsPhone screenTwo rounds.
3Assessment centreAssessment centreTwo senior interviews plus tests and presentations.Covered: Modeling, Numerical, Group presentation, Individual presentation
4Final phone interviewFinalClosing call.

Summer Associate

Outcome not shared

Internship. 4 rounds. Shared by WallStreetOasis.com on wso, 2021-01-03

1HireVueBehavioralVirtual recorded interview.
2One-on-oneBehavioralSingle interviewer.
3Two-on-onePanelTwo interviewers.
4SuperdayFinalFinal round.

Trading Intern

Outcome not shared

Internship. 4 rounds. Shared by WallStreetOasis.com on wso, 2020-11-03

1Math testsOnline assessmentThree tests.
2HR phonePhone screenPhone screen.
3Trader phone interviewTechnicalTechnical call.
4OnsiteFinalFinal round.

Intern

Outcome not shared

Internship. 4 rounds. Shared by WallStreetOasis.com on wso, 2020-09-01

1Recruiter callPhone screenBasic questions.
2Follow-up interviewPhone screenScheduling an office visit.
3Office interviewsFinalThree interviews with four people.
4Computer testingOnline assessmentGMAT/Wonderlic-style tests.Covered: Analytical, Personality

Intern

Outcome not shared

Internship. 4 rounds. Shared by WallStreetOasis.com on wso, 2020-08-02

1Online testOnline assessmentTest.
2Phone interviewPhone screenCall.
3Two-on-onePanelInterview.
4Final roundFinalFinal interview.

Investment Banking Analyst

Outcome not shared

unknown, Jersey City, NJ. 4 rounds. Shared by Slim chimp on wso, 2019-09-10

1HireVueBehavioralThree or more recorded questions.
2Superday - technicalTechnicalWith two associates.
3Superday - associateBehavioralNon-technical with one associate.
4Superday - MDBehavioralBehavioral with an MD.

Research Fellow

Outcome not shared

unknown. 4 rounds. Shared by ckcbork on wso, 2018-06-03

1Recorded video interviewBehavioralPrompted questions.Covered: Motivation, Accomplishments
2Live video interview 1BehavioralWith one interviewer.Covered: Motivation, Resume
3Live video interview 2BehavioralRepeat of similar topics.Covered: Motivation, Resume
4Management interviewsFinalFour one-on-ones with management.

Controllers

Outcome not shared

unknown. 4 rounds. Shared by yumyummonkeybizz on wso, 2016-10-31

1Campus presentationPresentationVirtual on-campus firm presentation.
2Small group interviewsGroup exerciseInformational interviews in small groups.
3HireVueOnline assessmentRecorded video interview.
4SuperdayFinalFinal-round interview day.

Operations

Outcome not shared

unknown. 4 rounds. Shared by gorilla_on_the_move on wso, 2016-09-03

1HR interviewPhone screenInitial HR screen.
2Phone interviewsBehavioralCalls with six team members.
3Further phone interviewsBehavioralCalls with two more people.
4HR callFinalCompensation form requested, then a closing HR call.

DCM Summer Analyst

Outcome not shared

Internship. 4 rounds. Shared by helpmeplz on wso, 2016-04-04

1Phone interviewPhone screenCall with two analysts, mostly fit plus light market questions.Covered: Fit, Current markets
2Superday - analystsBehavioralBroad two-on-one focused on motivation.Covered: Motivation
3Superday - MDsHiring managerDiscussion of prior work and market views.Covered: Past projects, Markets
4Superday - IBDTechnicalHeavily technical two-on-one with IBD bankers.

Summer Intern

Outcome not shared

Internship. 4 rounds. Shared by Tao-Yang on wso, 2016-01-26

1Interview 1TechnicalBasic portfolio theory questions.Covered: Portfolio theory, Expected return, Standard deviation, Minimum variance portfolio
2Interview 2TechnicalStatistics and econometrics.Covered: Econometrics, Unbiased estimators
3Interview 3BehavioralBehavioral questions.Covered: Long-term goals
4Interview 4TechnicalProgramming fundamentals.Covered: Hash tables, Sorting

IBD Summer Analyst

Not selected

Internship. 4 rounds. Shared by SF_G on wso, 2015-11-29

1Phone interviewPhone screenInitial call.
2Superday - technicalTechnical30-minute technical interview. One question was missed.
3Superday - behavioralBehavioral30-minute behavioral interview.
4Superday - resumeBehavioralResume interview where lack of prior banking internships counted against the candidate.Covered: Resume

Investment Banking Analyst, Risk Management

Outcome not shared

unknown. 4 rounds. Shared by ozymandias man on wso, 2015-09-27

1Campus interviewPanelWith two associates.
2SuperdayFinalFour interviews across groups and seniorities.
3Group headHiring managerOne-on-one with the head of another group.
4Group interviewsFinalFour or five more interviews with that group.

Operations Analyst

Not selected

unknown. 4 rounds. Shared by vcslamdunk on wso, 2015-02-17

1Recruiter callPhone screenInitial recruiter conversation.
2Phone interviewPhone screenPhone interview.
3Group phone interviewPanelGroup call.
4Interview dayBehavioralThree back-to-back interviews. Not advanced to the final.

Securities Summer Analyst (Asia)

Outcome not shared

Internship. 4 rounds. Shared by rebeccachew123 on wso, 2015-02-12

1Phone round 1BehavioralPurely personal, nothing about markets.
2Phone round 2TechnicalEquities trader asking for a pitch and market ideas.Covered: Trade pitch, Market views
3Phone round 3TechnicalTechnical discussion of an FX idea.Covered: FX pitch
4In-person interviewsFinalThree mostly behavioral interviews the candidate steered toward technical topics.

IBD Summer Analyst, Oil & Gas

Outcome not shared

Internship, Houston, TX. 4 rounds. Shared by CuriousChimp2 on wso, 2014-11-26

1Phone interviewsPhone screenCalls with an analyst and an associate.
2Superday - technicalTechnicalTwo-on-one technical interview.
3Superday - mixedTechnicalTwo-on-one mixing technical and fit.
4Superday - MDHiring managerPure fit with the group MD.

Securities Sophomore Summer Analyst

Not selected

Internship, Jersey City, NJ. 4 rounds. Shared by wilder01 on wso, 2014-02-26

1HR phone interviewPhone screen25-minute call.Covered: Resume, Macroeconomy, Stock pitch
2Superday 1BehavioralStandard rehearsed questions.Covered: Tell me about yourself, Why Goldman
3Superday 2BehavioralPersonal experiences.Covered: Extracurriculars, Study abroad
4Superday 3TechnicalTwo-on-one grilling on fixed income basics.Covered: Bond risks

Operations Associate

Received an offer

Experienced. 4 rounds. Shared by gqboy177 on wso, 2012-09-27

1Round 1Phone screen30-minute conversational call with two VPs.
2Round 2BehavioralIn person with VPs and associates.
3Round 3Hiring managerHiring manager and MDs.
4Round 4FinalMD and HR. Offer days later.

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