Hi everyone,
I'm going to have my final round interviews for GS SA IBD Classic in London.
I have never interviewed before in London and am therefore a bit worried about the personal fit questions.
Does anyone here have experience with GS interviews or has recommendations for a good structure/approach?
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When did you hear back post HV?
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Any one else?
When abouts did you recieve/submit the HV?
2w
Cheers, same here. Hoping we hear back soon
2w ago
in the same boat: is GS AC IBD fully behavioural or should we expect some technical questions?
Have you also received the AC invite?
Yes
on which date did you recive the HV und when the AC
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My friend and I both did the HV 4th October. He received invitiation to only Super Day on 21st. I havent heard anything. Should I expect not to be selected then?
Is this for classic?
Yeah
Anyone know how much notice GS gives before AC? As in If you get invited on the 16th for an ac on the 23rd etc?
As nobody is actually answering your question, I will. I assume you're a UK student, so expect a lot of fit (TMAT type of) questions.
Maybe some of very basic technicals (Bridge, Walk me through a dcf...) but nothing advanced. Also, be sure you know the classical brainteasers (clock angle, ropes burning etc) and you'll be good.
So having no invite now means no invite at all?
Looks like it... I also did my HV about two weeks ago but for IB CSG and haven't heard back. Saw on previous posts that they usually get back to you in around 2 weeks so it looks like if not tomorrow then it's probably the end...
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What kind of school do you go to? What does your experience look like?
Last year I had no technicals in my AC just fit questions
Hi, did you have previous IB experience?
No but my friends who also had IB experience did not get any technicals either just behavioural and fit
Hey for my SD last year- I got mainly behaviourals and competency questions, like 'tell me about a time you displayed leadership' etc., and the like, apart from the classic why GS/ why GS IBD. They grilled me a bit on technicals based on the experience I had in my resume, but it was fairly standard (the 400 qs guide should be more than enough actually) and a few industry based questions (what trends/ what sector activity/ recent deal that interested you - why and what stands out). They asked me a few annoying brainteasers - one was something like 'a lily pad doubles its size every day, on day 30 it covers the full pond, so what day was it half' or some shit, and the other was annoyingly a market sizing question ('how many microwaves are in London')...
I think what helped me to do well was being concise with my behaviourals/ competency by using the STAR approach, instead rambling buzzwords. If you are feeling nervous, then try practising in front of a mirror and answer the question in 2 minutes (max.), it will be cringy at first, but soon you'll get in the headspace for the actual day. For the why GS type of questions, try to make it personal 'I attended the banking academy/ spoke with xyz/ listened to a GS bigwig on a podcast etc' instead of giving an impersonal answer that your interviewer might think is ai listicle slop. Also smile- try and connect with your interviewers by finding a common background when they introduce themselves (no worries if not). I mentioned my hobbies (non finance and non controversial) at the last line of 'walk me through your cv/ tell me about yourself' and that helped me click with people interviewing, so if you play a sport/ want to do this, you can - personally I feel that this helps to create a relaxed vibe and you can ease into convo with your interviewers, instead of getting into a 45-minute interrogation session about technicals. Good luck with the interview!
Hey thank you so much, really appreciate it.
I struggle a bit with the Walk me through your CV questions sometimes because I'm new to this: how long do you normally spend on this question as I know I can go on forever a lot due to nerves.
Thanks again and hope you're doing well!
Hey, I saw this just now so don't know if you've had your SD but I usually would spend 2 minutes max., on this when I was doing interviews - I also tend to ramble on when I am a bit nervous, so I would try and follow a structure while answering - one introductory line about my year, degree and uni - followed on by 1-2 line telling why a humanities kid wants to do IB (and what skills I can transfer). A few lines on my internship experience summarising the projects I can speak confidently on and my achievements (where I can back them up with numbers for eg., did screening of investment opportunities for a $XXXM PE fund/ was part of team that worked on a $XXM deal, and what aspects (investing acumen, ability to see strategic advisory to stakeholders materialises) I liked the most, and how I want to 'instill those experiences to add value to the firm etc., etc.,'. I would end up with some campus leadership roles and end with a fun hobby - I played a pretty niche sport at a fairly competitive level, so found that namedropping it was a good ice-breaker for the introductory small talk in interviews. This structure is obviously very personalised to me, because I tried to make my story more interesting and talk about drawing broad lines as to why I wanted to work in IBD and a specific sector, instead of having an answer that somehow boiled down to being like 'i am a broke college student give me a reasonably paying summer gig for future employability'. I was in your shoes, doing these interviews a year back, so I would kind of try and make sure that I didn't end up speaking for too long - my internal check for this was if it felt like I had spoken too long without taking a breath, I needed to stop speaking and have my answer wrapped up!
Del
good question
Applied to some BB/EB in late September from a US target school, but only received an assessment from Houlihan Lokey restructuring. No non-auto HireVue invitations yet, is there still a chance?
Same from US, Asian citizenship. But I have received rejections from Evercore etc.
I think all the Banks exept MS are still nop inviting. Besides Barclays, they sent out rejections
Has anyone received AC for CSG?
Yes they happened yesterday
Thanks! Was that the first batch?
This for client solutions group? I interviewed for mena and had my last interview today. Pm or reply if in same boat
Has anyone heard back from the SD on the 21st? And if so, what region/country are you from?
Follow-up: What is the typical wait time to hear back from GS SD in London?
Had one on the 24th for CSG and haven't heard yet
Are offers for M&A Classic out? What day was your superday? Afaik everyone with a positive feedback who interviewed before 30th heard back.
Is this just for Classic? Or for CSG as well?
I heard only about Classic, sorry
From what I think, CSG is still ongoing.
That's not entirely true. I think people who interviewed w/b 20th heard back with a handful of offers given but it's not done necessarily by date but by region.
We can assume that if Superdays are organized by region and some people have already heard back, they were likely first-choice candidates — meaning offers for that region have probably already been released
Are they releasing more AC rounds for classic or is it all done?
They might be done
Any news on the offers?
Some are out in IBD
Do you guys have infos if there are still some chances to get an offer even now? HR told me we should get a feedback this week but idk...
I did the AC on september 29th btw
thanks !
for IBD classic London I haven't seen any offers, are they out or does anyone know when we will hear? Did the AC on 28/10 and haven't heard anything nor have I seen anything on LinkedIn.
Some are definitely out. I think they're still working through others at the moment.
ok so still a good shot if you interviewed on 28th? Will they call to let you know?
I think the actual questions themselves are perhaps less important and moreso you understanding their culture and echoing it back in there “why Goldman London” question - and citing people you’ve spoken with in that response. That said, OFFERGOBLIN has a ton Goldman superday questions from the past decade. Hope this helps.
I did my superday for CSG on oct 23. still haven't heard back. how should i interpret?
Anyone heard back for CSG?
Client solutions group gsam?
No - Capital Solutions Group (IB)
seems like >=2 batches of offers have been out
Yeah seems so. HR have said they are still reviewing when someone asked for update. Hopefully more offers will come.
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