Securities Internship

Status
Intern at
Group/Division/Type
Sales and Trading
City
New York
Interviewed
March 2014
Overall experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Difficult

General Interview Information

Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Other
Length of Process
3-4 months

Interview Details

What did the interview consist of?
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test
Drug Test
Background Check
Please describe the interview / hiring process.
Goldman has one of the most comprehensive interview processes in existence. I made the effort to travel to the New York office on my own before the interview process formally started for a variety of reasons - I am VERY non-traditional and we were expecting our first child during the normal timeline.

I need to add that the firm was extremely gracious in noting that I had already met in person, and granted me the ability to do all interviews by phone subsequent to that point. I spoke with probably 15 people at the firm and questions ran the gamut from challenges I'd faced in earlier career situations and my ability to overcome them, to thoughts on the market, to giving a case for a specific sector.

To the extent possible I tried to drive the conversation and made a point to ask meaningful questions (I was genuinely curious about almost all the questions I asked and I believe it helped). All people were very genuine and even though they were distracted by their actual jobs (trading and sales), made sure to listen and respond completely. I spoke to people in NY, London, and Salt Lake City - the firm is particular about you being able to articulate your role as a teammate within the firm.

Ultimately, I had a strange non-offer to the specific program I was applying for, which was an internship, but this later turned into a subsequent round of interviews for a full time position, which I am still in the process of completing.
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