Opinions on Goldman Sachs Investment Partners

Hi everyone,
Just wondering what are your views on Goldman's hedge fund in terms of growth prospects, exit options, culture and the people at the firm.
I was a senior in college and took a year off to do internships. Did a 6 month healthcare PE internship (mm) and now doing a 6 month internship in opportunistic credit with a big name PE shop (think KKR/Blackstone/TPG etc).
Problem is, I won't be converted at my current firm (which is understandable) and the job market is really bad at the moment (most IBs just converted their summer interns with no to little space for full-time). I'm totally not interested in Wealth management and most other stuff, which is why I'm considering this opportunity to do an internship with GSIP in London (I am currently based in SEA).
I have not gotten the offer and will continue to try my best and I hope that my interests are aligned with GS.
Thank you for the help.

 

Where do their internals come from? IB? S&T or Research? Presume that this fund is a multi-strat - i.e. they need investment analyst type people in addition to prop trader type people? I'm in PE now but this fund looks like a very good place to be...

 
ApplyingToBSchool:
Joyce Meng was the intern last summer. She graduated with a 4.0 from Wharton and is a Rhodes Scholar, just got two masters degrees from Oxford. She's going to be working there full time next month.

absolutely ridiculous resume http://www.joycemeng.com/joycemengresume.pdf

The answer to your question is 1) network 2) get involved 3) beef up your resume 4) repeat -happypantsmcgee WSO is not your personal search function.
 
The Shit:
If its lower than SSG or PS, I think there will be people who turn it down.

so there are people who have, without prior experience like you, offers from all 3?

I really dont think so. Plus, who cares about starting money in these groups? Just makes no sense.

 

^ I have prior experiences. Just because I didn't get an offer yet DOES NOT mean I can't ask.
Maybe it doesn't make sense to you, but it prbly makes sense to a bunch of other people.

 

Man, why such attitude from everyone towards the OP (choice of username aside)? He is simply asking a question that many of us would be curious to know - simply for curiosities sake if nothing more.

People need to relax on here. FFS.

 
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I swear, every time someone asks about salary at places like KKR, Silverlake, GS TMT, IP etc etc all you idiots come out with the same shit: "Get an offer first" or "I doubt you could get an offer anyway" - Instead of making asinine comments about something you have no clue about, why don't you just give the guy a straight answer.

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nothing wrong with being curious...i'd say that clearly most people replying here dont know the answer (not that noone on the site does)

its a pretty reasonable thing to be curious about...especially onsdiering someone good enough to get a job at gsip probably could get one of the entry level jobs at one of the top HFs which all pay very very well from what i've heard...

also for all of you ppl insulting the OP...i personally know/have spoken to several people at these types of places (GSPS/SSG etc) but I wouldn't just flat out ask what their comp was...if i had a question like that I would probably come here..

my prediction would be that all in comp at this type of place would have to be 150k+ maybe around 200k to be competitive

maybe the base is the standard 70k, but you see what i mean

 

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