Goldman Sachs Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (91%)

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The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

3.6
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Interview Difficulty (98%)

The Interview Difficulty is a score ranging from very difficult (red) to very easy (green) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. The higher the number, the more difficult the interviews on average. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more insights, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire data set.

3.1
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% Interns - FT Offers (94%)

The % of Interns Getting a Full Time Offer chart is meant to provide a realistic estimate of the hiring practices of the company based on the reviews at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to the simple company average and away from the average of the entire data set.

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Interviews at Goldman Sachs

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Year 2025
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
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Difficult
Intern
Year 2025
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location San Francisco
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Year 2025
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Sales and Trading
Location New York
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Year 2024
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location Madrid
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Difficult
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Year 2023
Job Title 2nd Year Analyst
Group/Division Credit Risk
Location Central
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Year 2025
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Operations
Location Dallas
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Year 2021
Job Title 2nd Year Analyst
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location New York
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Year 2023
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
Experience
Negative
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Difficult
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Year 2025
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Generalist
Location Bengaluru
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Difficulty
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Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2025
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Treasury
Location Salt Lake City
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy

Interview Questions & Answers - Goldman Sachs Examples

Investment Banking Intern Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: March 2025
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Group Interview
Interview
Whole process lasted 3 weeks from HireVue submission to super's verdict. Mostly behaves in hirevue, and got asked mostly techs outside of the standard TMAY/Why x team at GS across 4 30min rounds.
Interview Questions
Practice your paper LBOs

Summer Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in San Francisco
Interviewed: February 2025
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
1st Networking call with an analyst led to 2nd networking call with an associate who asked some fit and technical questions. Next was told to apply to the West Coast Insights Day. After a couple of weeks had a 1st round interview with a VP and was then invited to the West Coast Insights Day/Superday. Superday consisted of 3 rounds of 20 min interviews. Would recommend to be prepared to answer markets and technical questions for the networking calls.
Interview Questions
Was asked a question about an industry trend and then followed up with an example of a deal/event that represents this trend.
Paper LBO

S&T Intern Interview - Sales and Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: March 2025
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Skills Test
Interview
Hirevue with 6 questions. No retakes. Had a minute to prepare for each question with most of them being behavioral with 1-2 technicals.
Interview Questions
Didn't expect technicals during hirevue

Intern Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in Madrid
Interviewed: June 2024
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test
Interview
The process started with an online application through their careers portal. About two weeks later, I got an email inviting me to complete a HireVue interview. It had a mix of behavioral and technical questions — I remember being asked “Why Goldman Sachs?”, a time I worked in a high-pressure environment, and one question related to markets (something like “Tell us about a recent M&A deal you found interesting”).

After a couple of weeks, I was selected for Superday, which was fully virtual. I had three interviews back-to-back with analysts, associates, and one VP. Each was around 30 minutes and honestly pretty tough.

The technical questions were intense — I was asked to walk through a full DCF, explain the difference between enterprise and equity value, and calculate accretion/dilution in a basic M&A scenario. One interviewer also grilled me on how synergies impact valuation and asked me to pitch a company I think Goldman should acquire.

On the behavioral side, they really tested fit — lots of questions around working under pressure, attention to detail, and whether I’d be okay working long hours. One person asked how I handle burnout or repetitive tasks, which caught me off guard a bit.

Everyone was super professional and clearly sharp, but they didn’t try to intimidate. They wanted to see if I really knew my stuff and could hold a conversation under pressure.
Interview Questions
“Walk me through how synergies impact a merger model and explain whether they affect enterprise value.”

Analyst Interview - Credit Risk

Anonymous employee in Central
Interviewed: August 2023
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Background Check
Interview
I have got 4 rounds interview, which covers both behavioural and technical. Technical involves a small case study of a company, which requires the analysis of credit risk and recommendations on mitigants. Behavioral is more related to motivation.
Interview Questions
The case study is a bit difficult as it is followed by a round of questions about what other mitigants we should offer if the ones that I have proposed would not work.

Operations Interview - Operations

Anonymous employee in Dallas
Interviewed: May 2025
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Started with an online application via GS website, followed by a HireVue video interview. Then I proceeded to a Zoom screening with a recruiter. After that, it's superday where I had to have multiple back-to-back interviews with team members focusing on behavioral questions, prioritization, and basic operational scenarios.
Interview Questions
Explain what happens operationally after a trade is executed.

Summer Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: March 2021
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Thoughtful process, had to undergo several interactions with the firm prior to being selected for a interview.
Interview Questions
Company A, with a P / E of 25x, acquires Company B for a purchase P / E multiple of 15x. Will the deal be accretive?

Investment Banking Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: February 2023
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
3-4 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
Interview
It was pretty intense. They sent a hirevue, once I replied, they got back to me 4 months later. I did one phone interview, one in person, and a superday.
Interview Questions
Why would two companies with identical earnings have different P/E ratios? and Pitch me a stock you’d short

Compliance Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in Bengaluru
Interviewed: March 2025
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
The Hiring process was a bit slow. They did a phone interview to screen my profile and CV. They asked a few questions and then proceeded to move me to the one-on-one interview. The one-on-one interview was very behaviourally oriented. The only question that was asked related to the job was about my knowledge of insider trading.
Interview Questions
Most unexpected was the interviewer only focusing on behaviour questions, no technical questions
If one of your coworkers was regularly taking the credit for your work how would you act?

Corporate Treasury Interview - Treasury

Anonymous employee in Salt Lake City
Interviewed: April 2025
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
The first sets of interviews were scheduled 2 weeks after the initial HR screening call, and the final round was one week after the first interview.
Interview Questions
Thought it will be mostly behavorial, but it was also tech heavy.
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