GS in Los Angeles

Thought I'd try again.  I have a first-round with GS LA coming up and would be most appreciative of any info.
Thanks in advance.

First round for summer or full-time?  Must be summer since I know they have filled their full-time class.  They are mostly generalist at the analyst level in LA.  The do a lot of Media and Industrial work out of that office.  It is one of the bigger IB offices in LA only trailing CS and UBS.  I would go to New York if you are going to summer since it will look better when going after full-time and it is always easier to ask for a full-time offer in LA if you have summered in NY.
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This may just be for fulltime interviews, but I heard that first rounds are for the west coast (i.e. LA or SF).  Later down the road they send you to one or the other for more interviews.

Good lifestyle shop, not really that great a place to be but good lifestyle and reasonable exits.
I woudnt work there if you are looking for tremendous diversified deal flow or anything, highly west coast based. SF is better for exits, better exp if you like tech overall i think.  

Thanks very much.  These responses are very helpful.  I am committed to being LA, even though I know it may mean a lesser experience than I'd have in NY.  (To clarify, it's an on campus interview for a spot in their summer associate class.)
Thanks again, very much.

SF and NY get better deals and exit opps but in LA you get to tell all your buddies you work at "Nakatomi Plaza" hehe

Agreed that NY and SF will see more deal flow and have better exit ops.  You will pitch more in LA.  However, you may not care about this if you are going in as an associate since your exit ops to PE shops are basically nil.
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How much easier is it to get past superday at Goldman LA compared to Goldman NY? Assuming your school is a target for GS LA and not for NY (through it still does on-campus recruitment and people have been consistantly offered in NY) and you can get to superday at either office?
It seems NY would be a better place to summer but appreciably more difficult.

agreed that it's more of a lifestyle shop and it does still place reasonably well. there has been placement in GS PIA, TPG, Oaktree in the '05 class. i don't know what Nakatomi Plaza is, unless the Fox Plaza changed its name/moved out of 2121

if you summer there and do a good job, you can transfer your offer to SF/NYC, although you generally need to stand out in order to get that done. that said, you could do much worse in LA (not sure how UBS LA is doing now that moelis is gone)

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