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Anyone heard back from any of the recent IB lateral postings from Goldman? —————————————————————————————
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Nope.
I was offered a lateral role ~1 month ago. I turned it down and not sure who it went to at this point.
I didn't go through a regular process for the position and I didn't "apply" through Goldman's portal until after they verbally offered me. For what its worth their lateral offer was very enticing (written that bonus wouldn't be prorated, verbally promoted to Associate in September with assurance from Sector/Department Head).
Were you at another BB/EB? How did you run into availability and get involved in interview process?
Also curious ^
I was at a BB when they reached out and I'm at a different BB now. A senior banker messaged me on LinkedIn and asked if I would have interest in the role and that is how I got in the process. My process was very atypical as it was 10+ 1:1 interviews (mostly on Calls/Zoom) spread out over two weeks with no Superday. I basically just interviewed with the senior bankers I would be working with, senior leadership, and one or two juniors.
I really wanted to take the job, but I valued WLB over the prestige of working at GS. While this could come back to bite me, I valued the marginal improvement of WLB at another firm over the Goldman name. For what it is worth I wasn't really trying to leave my old BB in the first place, but I was at one of the firms that has been in the news a lot for not great reasons (think UBS/Citi/Barclays) and I felt obligated to look out for myself.
Sounds like a good deal, why pass?
See my reply to another comment above.
Where were these available? NYC?
GS is not hiring anyone right now for any IBD positions… big freeze in place
Source: work here
There are some select lateral opportunities.
In a similar process. Any idea how long the process takes?
How could I get to know these?
Also confirming my group is hiring.
How are things looking for return offers this year?
dude its march. how would anyone have any idea what the return offer rate will be for interns who don't finish their internships until mid august. the economy could change, the interns could suck, some might not take their return offers. nobody has a clue
Can someone lateral to IB from a diff division?
My understanding is that Goldman runs their process through the network of employees and headhunter, and once they have filled the position, then the selected candidate needs to submit an application through the careers portal “for compliance”.
They don’t even look all the resumes they receive through the portal.
If you want to lateral to GS, you better start networking with people there, because most of the times the openings they announce are already filled.
What is the typical process for London lateral?
Applied in the portal and got turned down. 2 weeks later, one of their recruiters reached out if I am interested in another location. Had a few interviews with the team but not a fan of the culture. So no idea if offers went out in the end.
Was this for US?
No in Europe
Were these NYC-only?
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Does anyone how many rounds interview they do? My friend received a bunch of intrerview for first round.
Also seems like they are anti laid-off people, lol MD terminated the interview after barely 2 questions probably becuase of that lol.
Which office was this for? Lol
Ldn.
Anyone heard back from the activism defense posting?
Spoke to them 3x. Most horrendous interview experiences ever. Might be my uni or background but basically went in both times only to be treated like shit by supermodels..
Was that for their DCM position? where you still employed, how was the interview and when did you hear back?
Supermodels? At Goldman?
In the UK!?
Anyone still involved in the Consumer process for London? Haven't heard back in a while..
Info on HH in London?
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