When does the Goldman Sachs LONDON 2021 IB Summer Analyst Application Open?
There is no specific application opening date given for Europe on the Goldman Sachs website, just July 1st for the Americas. I'm getting vague information from anyone I ask, who just say "sometime in July", does anyone know the exact date for sure from a reliable source?
I does not matter, applications are not reviewed until mid September. Source: I work at GS in London.
As above rolling basis from mid September onwards. After that we usually make batches every 3-4 weeks. But any applicant in the first batch will have applied by mid September and considered the same as someone that applied on day 1.
We have all of them in one excel and rank all of them per batch. We give every application a score and the ones with the best scores will get interviews. Note that for GS it's people from your country that will review your application - ie you are a spanish student (in spain or the UK), your CV will be reviewed by spanish folks. If you are from a non-EU/European country it will in most cases be done by the UK/International guys.
crazy how GS bullshit around on diversity and then they get your application review by people from your same country only, who are clearly biased on what they want to see on a CV, and consequently the diversity is not existent. yeah but you don’t advise companies that don’t have a woman on their BoD lmao
Please feel free to throw MS at me but the Goldman insider who is discouraging everyone from applying early despite the website saying applications should be reviewed on a rolling basis fills me with suspicion. Because 1. The advice being given is counter to the published website advice. 2. They claim to be both a first year analyst and to have been involved in recruiting last year, so they must have been involved in recruitment while sitting in their full time training class. 3. While very well researched in what happens at Goldman they haven't supplied any genuine insider info, specifically when applications open. Now I might be wrong and being really unfair on an IBD professional who has given up their time to help us kids. If I am I apologise unreservedly but I will be applying to Goldman early, everyone else can do what they want. The fourth reason I am suspicious is that there was this melt on the TSR IB forum who kept putting out disinformation "to help his chances". He pissed off everyone so much that allegedly a couple of kids tracked him down on LinkedIn and tried to get him blackballed. Don't know if the story is true but he is legend on the group chats.
Hey dude - I’m not discouraging anyone to apply early, I’m just saying it’s pointless to apply on the day it opens. So having the exact date is useless but by all means do apply early. Also there is no point of rushing your application, it’s much better to take some time and send a very high quality application mid july.
Also you should know that you get promoted in August to A2 hence yes I have been involved in recruiting last year - our new joiners haven’t yet joined.
Furthermore i have provided insider information - ie CV scoring by people from your country - ask people at GS if this is true if you don’t believe me. But look, take my advice if you want, if you don’t want it I’m fine too.
Finally I do not know myself when apps open - I should ask HR and I just can’t care less. I know that I’ll be conducting interviews/reviewing CVs for sure in September-December.