Coming from a non-target school with no contacts within the firm, is their any value in attending one of their recruiting events in NYC such as Goldman Sachs Insight Day or Out for Undergraduate Business Conference?
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C'mon man... Why would anyone say no?
I hate to break it to you, but realistically, coming from a non-target with no connections, it would be just a waste of time. Goldman gets thousands of non-target, non-connection applications like yours (and mine) that they don't even look over twice.
Which is the exact reason why you attend as many as these as possible and network as hard as possible so you aren't just another non-target in the resume pile.
Go to these, you could really hit it off with someone there and if you impress him you could at least land a first round
All I must say is you never know who you may meet at those events.
GS Recruiting Event (Originally Posted: 10/16/2014)
Attending GS informational event tonight and looking at giving resume to/networking with recruiters. I've been advised to ask a lot of questions to the recruiter. Any pointers of what to ask? I've already been told all the generic questions (What type of skills, etc.) but if anyone has anything that stands out I'd really appreciate it. I'm coming from a non target but am driving to the event at target school. Finance and economics double major, 3.5 GPA, junior seeking summer analyst IBD. Would appreciate any suggestions.
I usually only ask a few questions, then ask for their contact information. Then I send a thank you email where I tell them how they were really helpful and ask if we can set up a time to chat on the phone so that I can learn more about the firm.
GS "Invite-Only" Event (Originally Posted: 04/13/2011)
I just found this event at my school entitled "Navigating the Internship Experience" that is put on by GS. It includes a workshop on how to be a good intern and how to navigate the full time recruiting process, followed by a networking session with GS that night. I had to apply to it and was accepted.
I was wondering if other people had heard of events like this and how important/helpful/selective they are.
Thanks!
Wow! I think you'll be PMD by year's end!
Wow congrats! That is so selective and hard to get into! Once I hear Goldman Saks I nearly busted a nut.
What do you want us to tell you? Its super prestigious so you can go brag about it to your friends? Go and network.
When they offer you the two golden cups, always take the one of the left. That one has the real blood of an orphan. The other is just grape juice.
haven't heard of it but definitely go and let us know how it goes
They wine you and dine you at first, tell you how great you are and that you're definitely a Goldman guy and not a Morgan Stanley guy. After the recruiting period, pledgeship commences and the real fun begins. Endless wall sits, paddling, always being shorter than associates, sleep deprivation, creating endless pitch books and company profiles for companies not even in your industry, etc,.
I went to a similar event, a dinner with Goldman Sachs which was invitation-only as well. Basically you go to a great restaurant, drink some good wine and talk to the employees, who will switch positions from time to time and hand you their cards. The great thing about these networking dinners is that you can write about it in your cover letter and when the guy in the interview asks you why you want to join Goldman you can say that you really liked the people you dined with and that they are an impressive bunch and really convinced you of the Goldman culture. That way you won't have to say that you're in it for the prestige and the money, both of which they of course don't like to hear.
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