I am looking to connect with someone currently working at Goldman Sachs. I do not have any connections, and I would like to talk to someone about the new Bridge to Banking Program. DM if you can help out!
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hey, seems like I missed the deadline. I have been looking for this diversity program, but not fully sure what exactly the program is. Do you have more info on this?
Hi - I don't know much about the program. It is brand new.
I'd love to hear if anyone has additional information on this program as well! However, since it's new this year, I expect we're all a bit in the dark.
Applied near the end of March and received a Hirevue a few days later. I haven't heard anything back since submission.
That's awesome! I just found out about it last week and applied a few days ago. Got my HireVue invite today. How was it? Was it mostly behavioral type of questions?
It says the second and final round is a Superday format interview. I've seen varying accounts on here, but does anyone have any insights into what to expect for an IB Superday? Thanks so much!
Yup, pretty standard behavioral questions.
As for your other question, I haven't attended one myself (hopefully very soon). But from a little digging, there are a lot of great threads that give some pointers and ideas for what SDs will be like.
Hi i wanted to know if you made it to interview round and also got the job. if you made it to final interview round - superday. how was it, what type of questions where u asked. how has been your experience if you were selected
Bump
Has anyone got invited for Superday interviews yet?
Not yet for me. I'd love to hear if you get any updates!
I applied on Sunday and my application status is now of the status "Not Retained" assuming this is a bad sign, is any one else of the same status? Could this just mean that the application is closed?
You may reach out to HCM and see if they can give you any additional information. The deadline was on Sunday. I would assume that means by 11:59PM, but you never know.
I applied on the last day and got the hirevue invite a day later. Preliminary research seems to indicate that a large percentage of applicants got a hirevue. Hirevue questions I got were
"why goldman/ibd"
"what characteristics make a good IBD associate and what characteristics do you have"
"Tell us about a time you exceeded expectations and how/why"
"Tell us about a problem you solved"
"what would you do if you joined a team mid project and it was known that that team was difficult to get along with"
I'm a 31 year old lawyer with no bank/finance xp and an undergrad degree in economics. Good GPAs in both undergrad and law from a flagship state university. I would consider it a major upset if i get past the hirevue screener.
Hi i wanted to know if you made it to interview round and also got the job. if you made it to final interview round - superday. how was it, what type of questions where u asked. how has been your experience if you were selected
Anyone hear anything back?
Still waiting on my end. Rumors are NYC SDs will be in the first and second weeks of May, so I expect we'll hear something soon.
Being peak recruiting season, I'm sure HCM is swamped. Not to mention, if IBD people really are providing input to applications, they're bogged down with all those 10Qs right now.
If you're in a position to share, where are you hearing the rumours from?
I'm hoping to hear back also. Best of luck to you.
Hi, will the SD be virtual or in-person? I haven’t heard anything since I completed my hirevue 3 weeks ago.
Yea that makes a lot of sense…
Has anyone got invited to superdays?
I haven't hear anything yet. I suspect they will send rejection emails shortly after the acceptances. I haven't seen posts anywhere for either.
Thanks, yeah nervous that they are taking so long with Sd vs Hirevue came in one day.
For anyone that has applied to this bridge to banking program, are you all based in the US? Just curious since I'm in APAC region and surprised that they even sent me a Hirevue in the first place. I heard US visa application process is extremely slow and difficult at the moment.
I'm based in Florida. I suspect the program was designed mostly for people who already live in NYC, especially given how short the timeline is.
The job says its nyc based. There’s no even enough time from now to mid June for GS to run background checks (they usually take roughly one month in banking). So not clear on their timeline for this program
Anyone hear anything yet? Or if you haven't heard anything by now, means automatic rejection?
Still nothing from me. Nothing posted on here or reddit either way. I say hold out hope until confirmed otherwise.
Nothing from me, still says “under consideration”. I would say (not to be arrogant) I have a strong resume but I didn’t do well on hirevue. I was working late and traveling for work the week hirevue was due and elements were not ideal to do well. I hope everyone from this thread gets invited to SD
Same here.. as of 6pm May 3rd..
Same bro. So I take what I get from here.
Hey all,
I actually heard today was super day from a friend that got invited. I’m not sure if they’re doing a second round though.
I am assuming there won’t be a second one since I heard there are only 12 spots for the program.
From HR;
12 spots? Where did you hear that? I thought it would be at least 20…
Thanks for the intel. Do you know if it was in-person?
Zoom
Do you know how many people got invited to SD and peoples backgrounds? Like other financial services or something completely different?
I checked with him and he said there wasn’t any networking event so he didn’t meet anyone else/ doesn’t know how many ppl were selected
How many interviews did he have to do? Was it all behavioral or were there some technical questions?
Thanks!
Major bummer that the rest of us weren't informed.
Wonder how many applicants they got for 12 spots. Probably a few thousand at least I would bet.
I think they don’t send rejections until after offers are accepted - just in case they need to do more interviews (not luckily but it’s a way for them to protect themselves) I’m curious if the people they picked are coming from other financial services jobs or outside the industry. Your friend who was invited to Sd, does he have finance/ acc background?
Not finance. Worked for gov.
Considering this is an inaugural year for the program there may have been many invites for hirevues sent out. Possible some interest is being retained for other purposes.
Well then I have no idea what's going on...I just got called for Superday for next week. Maybe the Superday that's being reported here didn't materialize enough solid candidates/offers. Super confusing. Their whole recruiting team and process is a complete shitshow lately.
Hey congrats Mr. Jones. I'm sure you'll kill it!
Thanks, appreciate it, hope so!! Btw, someone anonymously blew up GS's Bridge posts on LinkedIn regarding their crap communication...LOL
Hi i wanted to know if you made it to final interview round - superday. how was it, what type of questions where u asked. how has been your experience if you were selected
Congrats! What industry are you coming from if you don’t mind sharing? I think they might of had two super dates, not to overwhelm the interviewers on one day
Has anyone heard back from the Superday
I was in the Tuesday Superday cohort like the other poster here. I've already been contacted from a different HR group regarding the background check process. No offer yet, but I presume it's coming (🤞🏼) as soon as they get farther with the check...I suppose the check is a parallel process. And I imagine that's why they haven't cut those who are still at the HireVue level. Although, how many Superday candidates would have to blow up before they go back into the original pool? Seems pretty rude not to explain where they are to everyone.
That's awesome! Congrats!!
How were the SD interviews?
Congrats! Mind sharing if you’ve received an offer call yet?
do you mind saying what industry you are coming from?
Hi i wanted to know if =you made it to final interview round - superday. how was it, what type of questions where u asked. how has been your experience if you were selected
I just withdrew my application. They're wasting our time, like they've done so many times before with me and I am sure others here. I was actually trying to coordinate chats with various IBD VPs and they had had the Superday already. They can piss off, really. This is not about getting axed, it's their lack of basic respect for the candidates.
Harvard I’m not sure why you’re so angry, it’s pretty standard process in financial services..they have made a few mistakes I noticed with providing proper dates when things are due but that’s not here or there
I don't want to reveal too much that might identify me, but if you haven't been through a Diversity Recruiting process (such as this program is), I certainly hope you never do. Completely disorganized, incompetent, disrespectful team. I cannot tell you how much of a clownshow that was. I can see the same writing on the wall, and have tended to overinvest in the GS recruiting processes, to the detriment of other outstanding banks and more respectful HR interactions. I have an offer in hand, I'm fine. All of you who want to keep spinning your wheels with them, that's your choice. But they're taking the people from the pool they saw on SD. Maybe they'll let us know in a few months.
I'm still "Under Consideration" for something I applied for 8 months ago. Sorry, but that's not a "pretty standard process". Cheers
Oh sorry I misunderstood. I thought they only opened the application in March. If it’s been 8months that’s not good. Congrats on your other offer
This one opened in March, you are correct. But I am referring to a prior and technically still ongoing experience that's now at 8 months (and I also separately know they have filled it). That speaks to disorganization, disrespect...and arrogance. Thanks for your congrats though!
There's good reason to suspect superdays are on a rolling basis.
If the associate level early careers process is any indication wait times may potentially be based on group availability and when you applied.
FYI, I have a small update to the comments here...I was following up w/HCM on next week's Superday, and asked a bit about the process, timeline, headcount, etc. It's looking like they will allocate space for just 10 (not 12 as in their original communications to some of us). Maybe IBD is already seeing the writing on the wall for capital markets this year; I don't know what's driving the cut.
Also, mine will be the second and final Superday they will have--ie. they are not going back into the HireVue pool if you haven't been contacted by now. I know this is not what many were looking to hear, but I hope it's at least helpful for prioritizing your recruiting efforts.
Congratulations.
Seems par for the course then. 10 spots won't need too many superdays for sure
Did they mention how many people they might select from next week’s superday? Is it 5 from this week and 5 from next week?
As anyone heard back from HR. I did the super day last week and from my understanding, they noted all offers should be given out by Tuesday and my application still says under consideration though vCheck has been doing background checks on me.
Yes, some offers went out today...good luck!!
Any idea how many offers went out today? And were they only to the candidates who started background checks already?
hahaha, I have not received the call so I assume I did not get it. Good luck to everyone
Does anyone know what base salary range they are targeting for new associates from this program?
Should be the same as regular mba associate so 150k
I believe the standard base for associates is 175K so it should be one$175K
How important do you all think thank you emails are? Does it really impact hiring decisions? Also do you usually ask each interview for their email address? I’ve asked in the past before and received odd reactions.
Did anyone get hired to this program?
Another gig that is just catered to Blacks and Latinos, just superficial diverse program without actually allowing people from “diverse backgrounds” to enter.
FAKE. Diversity is dead in Goldman Sachs.
Did anyone hear back for hireveu or any other update for the 2023 program? The deadline was 2 days ago 4/10/2023
Made a couple of other posts just now..my status changed to "Not Retained" and I applied last Thursday (4/6). Thought I would at least get the HireVue lol
Lee - If that’s your last name, that’s probably what did it. Diversity preached in Goldman Sachs seems limited to only other races.
yes i got the hirevue invite and deadline to complete is today at midday
Do we know if all hireview invites were sent? I haven’t received anything nor does my application status say “not retained”
All of the hirevues were already sent out and finished last Friday 4/14. Everyone who submitted is waiting to hear if they made it to Super Day. Unfortunately, "not retained" means you weren't selected.
have you heard back following your hirevue
Those who were selected for Hirevue, would you be able to please share your background - work exp + education+ no. of years of experience. Thanks
Anyone know when offers will be extended?
Did you hear back yet regarding offers ?
Did you hear back yet regarding offers?
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