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Goldman Sachs Analyst Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 28 Nov 2024

Top Goldman Sachs Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. Ninja And The Game Of Words Ninja and his friend playing a game in which his friend gave him a string ‘STR’ that can contain spaces and a List/Array ‘WORDS’ which is of t ...read more
  • Q2. Wildcard Pattern Matching Given a text and a wildcard pattern of size N and M respectively, implement a wildcard pattern matching algorithm that finds if the wildcard pat ...read more
  • Q3. Digits Decoding A few days back, Ninja encountered a string containing characters from ‘A’ to ‘Z’ which indicated a secret message. For security purposes he encoded each ...read more
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Analyst Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 25 Mar 2023

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Mar 2022.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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2

HR Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. About the firm. Previous work experience and knowledge.
  • Q2. Job profile explanation, interview structure, salary discussion.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Hands on MS office applications.
Good to know about the firm. Knowledge on Investment Banking and operations. Trading, trade life cycle, financial products, understanding of risk and risk management, analytical skills, good communication skills. Special skills in like Alteryx, Tableau, sql will be an added advantage.

Analyst Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 28 Mar 2024

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 2-4 weeks
Result
 No response

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Mar 2023.

1 Interview Round

1

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Walk me through a DCF
  • Q2. Formula of WACC

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident and well dressed

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Analyst Interview Questions

user image CodingNinjas

posted on 15 Oct 2021

I was interviewed in Aug 2021.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round (2 Questions)

Round duration - 90 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

  • Q1. Chocolate Problem Given an array/list of integer numbers 'CHOCOLATES' of size 'N', where each value of the array/list represents the number of c...read more
  • Q2. Digits Decoding A few days back, Ninja encountered a string containing characters from ‘A’ to ‘Z’ which indicated a secret message. For security purposes he enc...read more
2

Coding Test Round (1 Question)

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

This round was organized in day time from 2PM - 3PM
1 coding question and 1 code for debugging was given on the coderpad
Interviewer made it quite engaging with lot of discussions 
Time complexity and space complexity was also discussed in detail

  • Q1. Group Anagrams Together You have been given an array/list of strings 'STR_LIST'. You are supposed to return the strings as groups of anagrams such that ...read more
3

Face to Face Round (1 Question)

Round duration - 50 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This round began with detail introduction about me , college and my previous company. Then my projects were discussed in detail . Focus was on company projects, one machine learning based project done during college was also discussed in detail. 
There were 2 interviewers ,cross questioning one after other, but it was still a good conversation. I felt like it would be a rapid fire round due to 2 interviewers but it was really good , no pressure and discussion went quite well. After introduction, I was asked a trie based question and another one I approached using heap and interviewers were satisfied with answer of both solutions

  • Q1. Boyer Moore Algorithm For Pattern Searching You are given a string ‘text’ and a string ‘pattern’, your task is to find all occurrences of pattern in the string ...read more

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI applied for the job as Analyst in BengaluruEligibility criteriaMatching skills and good cgpaGoldman Sachs interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Array, String, Trees/Graphs, Dynamic Programming, Stack/QueueTime required to prepare for the interview - 2 MonthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : During preparation as a working professional, try to utilize weekends and take mock tests for sure
Tip 2 : Select an online coding prlatform and practise atleast one question a day

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Keep it of one page if possible and mention keywords on resume which are mentioned on the job description if you have matching skills
Tip 2 : Don't put skills which you are not confident on.

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

Analyst Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 4 Dec 2023

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via campus placement at National Institute of Technology (NIT), Calicut and was interviewed before Dec 2022.

6 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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2

Coding Test Round

There were 3 coding questions with medium difficulty level.

3

Aptitude Test Round

Good knowledge in logical reasoning and mathematics (especially probability) is required.

4

Coding Test Round

2 array based questions

5

Coding Test Round

1 array and 1 linked list based questions were asked

6

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Logical reasoning and some general interview questions were asked.

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Goldman Sachs Analyst interview:
  • Data Structures
  • Java
  • Mathematics
  • React
  • Spring Boot
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Good knowledge in data structures is required.

Goldman Sachs interview questions for designations

 Senior Analyst

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 Risk Analyst

 (3)

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 (3)

 Data Analyst

 (2)

 Quality Analyst

 (1)

 Associate Analyst

 (1)

 Research Analyst

 (1)

Analyst Interview Questions

user image CodingNinjas

posted on 17 May 2022

I was interviewed before May 2021.

4 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round (1 Question)

Round duration - 90 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Test was at 11am, we were gicing the test from home, aand were asked to switch on the web camera, and there was tab monitoring. The test had negative marking as well for MCQ questions +5, -2, so only answer those question which you are absolutely sure of.

  • Q1. Greatest Common Divisor You are given two numbers, ‘X’ and ‘Y’. Your task is to find the greatest common divisor of the given two numbers. The Greatest Common D...read more
2

Video Call Round (1 Question)

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Interview started at around 10:30am

  • Q1. Circular Tour You have been given a circular path. There are N petrol pumps on this path that are numbered from 0 to N - 1 (Both inclusive). Each petrol pump ha...read more
3

Video Call Round (1 Question)

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Started at around 1pm, Interviewer was a senior person from hiring team

  • Q1. System Design Question

    Parking Lot design

4

Video Call Round (1 Question)

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Final round, with Senior person non-hiring team

  • Q1. Puzzle

    Basic questions related to speed time distance, profit-loss, prime factors, etc

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI applied for the job as Analyst in BengaluruEligibility criteriaNo CriteriaGoldman Sachs interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Array, Linked lists, Stacks, Queue, Dynamic Programming, OS, DBMSTime required to prepare for the interview - 12 MonthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Try out basic leetcode questions
Tip 2 : Speak out the logic with the interviewer, they are testing your analytical skills, not how correctly you know the syntax

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Don't lie on resume
Tip 2 : Make sure that whatever is on resume, you go thorough with each topic/project

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

Analyst Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 30 Jan 2023

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 2-4 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Jan 2022.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

2 DSA questions, leetcode medium level. Duration 1 hour

2

One-on-one Round (5 Questions)

  • Q1. 1. Trapping rain water 2. Some array problem solved by HashMap
  • Q2. 1. Java basics, collection framework 2. Find peak in an array
  • Q3. 1. Edit Distance 2. Topological sort
  • Q4. 1. N rook placing problem 2. Again Java basics
  • Q5. 1. Give array elements randomly with no repeatition 2. Behavioral questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare Java Spring Boot questions.
Prepare Leetcode medium DSA

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Analyst Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 21 Aug 2021

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed in Jul 2021.

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

  • Q1. Technical ques of trade life cycle derivative reconciliation RDM etc Add Answer

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be patient while answering don’t hurry and maintain figure of speech it helps you to gain confidence in front of interviewer

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user image The Easy Concepts

posted on 30 Nov 2021

Analyst Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 15 Feb 2021

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Jan 2021.

4 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - First of all charge your laptop. In my case there is some electricity issue , my laptop is not fully charged and interviewer taking interview one by one to every student . So I m very scared at that time , But by god I have my brother laptop so I do not face any problem at the time of interview .

Skills evaluated in this interview

Analyst Interview Questions

user image CodingNinjas

posted on 27 Oct 2021

I was interviewed before Oct 2020.

1 Interview Round

1

Coding Test Round (3 Questions)

Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

The round was divided into 5 parts.
1st part - 2 easy coding questions
2nd part - 7 MCQs
3rd part - 8 MCQs
4th part - 1 hard coding question
5th part - 2 ethical based questions

  • Q1. LRU Cache Implementation Design and implement a data structure for Least Recently Used (LRU) cache to support the following operations: 1. get(key) - Return the...read more
  • Q2. Maximum Subarray Sum You are given an array/list ARR consisting of N integers. Your task is to find the maximum possible sum of a non-empty subarray(contagious)...read more
  • Q3. Shortest Path in a Binary Matrix You have been given a binary matrix of size 'N' * 'M' where each element is either 0 or 1. You are also given a...read more

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI applied for the job as Analyst in HyderabadEligibility criteriaNo criteriaGoldman Sachs interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Data Structures, Pointers, OOPS, Algorithms, Dynamic Programming, Puzzles, Tree Algorithms, Competetive ProgrammingTime required to prepare for the interview - 3 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : For Goldman Sachs, puzzles are a must.
Tip 2 : Competitive Programming is also necessary for most job interviews.
Tip 3 : Practise mock interviews among your friends.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Make your resume crisp and clear.
Tip 2 : Have at least two projects on your resume.
Tip 3 : You can take the help of someone to verify any grammatical mistakes and the formation of sentences.

Final outcome of the interviewRejected

Skills evaluated in this interview

Goldman Sachs Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Goldman Sachs Analyst interview?
Goldman Sachs interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Goldman Sachs interview process are One-on-one Round, Coding Test and HR.
How to prepare for Goldman Sachs Analyst interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Goldman Sachs. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Goldman Sachs expect are Investment Management, Risk Management, Software Asset Management, Investment Banking and HTML.
What are the top questions asked in Goldman Sachs Analyst interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Goldman Sachs Analyst interview -

  1. Good old standard problem: Playing number game with your friend to select any o...read more
  2. Given a tank with liquid, and there are flows in and out, inflow is U and outfl...read more
  3. Given we have a (un)biased die, with given probabilities, and we toss it till w...read more
How long is the Goldman Sachs Analyst interview process?

The duration of Goldman Sachs Analyst interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

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Interview Process at Goldman Sachs Analyst

based on 17 interviews in last 1 year

3 Interview rounds

  • Coding Test Round 1
  • Coding Test Round 2
  • One-on-one Round
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People are getting interviews through

based on 32 Goldman Sachs interviews
Campus Placement
Job Portal
Company Website
Recruitment Consultant
Referral
44%
16%
13%
9%
6%
12% candidates got the interview through other sources.
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