Have you ever had a post-Superday phone interview...yes AFTER the Superday

Just wondering has Goldman pulled with crazy tactic with any of you on here. It would be exciting to hear just how crazy that must have been because it just happened to me after being put on hold. Needless to say....I was shocked that I still don't even know the situation.

 

I have had four interviews with Goldman for this one position. One on-campus interview, a superday consisting of three interviews and a post-Superday phone interview. My result exactly one week later is still up in the air. This is just unbelievable....and I thought it couldn't get any worse than having the Superday cancelled on me last year.

 

I had a phone interview with HR, then a phone interview with a VP on a different day, then a superday with 5-6 back to back interviews with people of all different ranks and then I got rejected but I was told that I'd have to fly to NYC for the third round if I proceed further and then AGAIN to the office I was applying for. I was like what the hell guys, this is just a waste of money...

 

GS (different division) I had a phone interview with an associate, followed with another one with another associate (each was 1 hr long), then meeting with 2 VPs, a phone interview with an MD... then REJECT!

 

That said, if you talk to several banks as a lateral hire applicant and do reasonably well, in total you may easily have 50-60 interviews or even more, and that is WITHOUT known in advance schedule of the process and WITHOUT knowing whether or not there will be other rounds in each of the banks you talk to, neither knowing when you will be given feedback/decision :)

 
JambaMan:
Just wondering has Goldman pulled with crazy tactic with any of you on here. It would be exciting to hear just how crazy that must have been because it just happened to me after being put on hold. Needless to say....I was shocked that I still don't even know the situation.

Did you get an offer in the end?

 

they referred to it as a superday, but the "interview" before that was a call with someone in HR.

First interview went really well, second interview (even though questions were a lot simpler, nothing technical) didn't go as well. I came off as a bit nervous.

 

Sounds pretty strange. I would think this is one of two things:

1) The first "superday" wasn't really a superday and just an onsite interview, unless they referred to it as such. 2) They are deciding between 2-3 candidates and can't make up their mind so they are essentially using this as a tiebreaker.

Either way it doesn't really matter, just do your best, prepare, and try to get the offer whether theres one round of interview or eight.

 

they referred to it as a superday, but the "interview" before that was a call with someone in HR.

First interview went really well, second interview (even though questions were a lot simpler, nothing technical) didn't go as well. I came off as a bit nervous.

 
trailmix8:

Probably just a final check that you are a good fit with the group. You will most likely meet with the team members that you have not met yet, so they can sign off on you or raise any doubts. I would bet on some basic fit conversational questions.

Thanks. Yesterday i spoke with 3-4 VPs and spent over an hour with the MD. Mostly technical interview and about past experience. So your basically saying the next round is behavioral?

 
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trailmix8:

Probably just a final check that you are a good fit with the group. You will most likely meet with the team members that you have not met yet, so they can sign off on you or raise any doubts. I would bet on some basic fit conversational questions.

Thanks. Yesterday i spoke with 3-4 VPs and spent over an hour with the MD. Mostly technical interview and about past experience. So your basically saying the next round is behavioral?

I would think so. If they invited you back after what you say was a very lengthy and technical interview, that probably means that you meet their requirements from a technical standpoint. But at GS they have a culture of making sure that all of the members of the group are okay with you joining, because as many threads on wso will tell you, it is incredibly important to not have personality conflicts when you are together for a large percentage of the time that you are awake.

Now, having said that, I said it was "most likely" that the questions will be fit based, but they could always talk to you about technicals as well, but based on what you have said here, I do not think this is a problem for you.

What group is this for (i know you said tech, but perhaps you could be more specific) just out of curiosity? Feel free to PM me if you don't want to post here, or if you do not want to disclose, I understand, not a problem.

 

They want you to talk to someone else/someone else wants to talk to you. Only reasons I can think of are a) this person is pretty involved in recruiting in general/sits on the team they are recruiting for but was unable to meet you during your superday and wants to have a chat with you and b) they are on the fence about you and want another opinion

 

Thanks for the responses. The recruiter did tell me that it shouldn't be longer than a half hour interview, so I'm assuming that it is probably a second opinion on my fit with the bank.

 
Very curious about this interview as well. Would appreciate anyone sharing their similar experiences.

The first two responses were on the money. A follow up phone interview after a superday usually indicates they're on the fence about a candidate, or more often deciding between two candidates. It's usually short, fit based, and with somebody senior. The senior person usually decides off their instinct. Make or break for sure.

 

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