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user image Anonymous

posted on 20 Jan 2017

I was interviewed in Dec 2016.

Interview Questionnaire 

9 Questions

  • Q1. Given coordinates of some points, find a figure that encompasses all of the points. The figure should have the least possible area and be formed by joining points using straight lines. Convex Hull.
  • Ans. 

    The Convex Hull is the smallest convex polygon that encloses all given points.

    • Sort the points based on their x-coordinate.

    • Find the upper hull by starting from the leftmost point and moving clockwise.

    • Find the lower hull by starting from the rightmost point and moving counterclockwise.

    • Combine the upper and lower hulls to form the convex hull.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Good old standard problem: Playing number game with your friend to select any of the number between 1 to 3. Whoever reaches 20 first, wins. You have to tell the strategy to win the game. Basically, you sta...
  • Ans. 

    The strategy is to always subtract the number chosen by the friend from 4 to ensure reaching 16 first.

    • Start with 20 and subtract the number chosen by the friend from 4.

    • Continue this strategy until reaching 16 before the friend reaches 17-19.

    • Ensure the friend ends up at any number between 17 to 19 before reaching 16.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. 2nd interviewer asked me a question on calculating variance, about gaussian distribution and something about my internship.
  • Q4. 3rd were these really cool dudes who started of with a matrix problem where each element was sum of row^2 and e^column. Now I had to prove something about equality of sum of elements that I don’t clearly r...
  • Q5. The other one asked me a puzzle about two carts placed on a track with sensor below them. You can start cart with specific speed but afterwards you can control the motion only when cart passes sensor and w...
  • Q6. 4th interviewers were really senior. They asked me about general stuff like my interns and interests. Then they asked me about Yelp dataset challenge and NLP featured in my AI project.
  • Q7. They also asked some basic questions about libraries featured in Scikit (Python Library on Machine Learning Techniques)
  • Q8. Finally they asked me about flash crash in stock market related to another project in intern.
  • Q9. Row sorted and column sorted matrix problem of finding an element.
  • Ans. 

    The problem involves finding an element in a matrix that is sorted both row-wise and column-wise.

    • Start from the top-right corner of the matrix

    • Compare the target element with the current element

    • If the target is smaller, move left; if larger, move down

    • Repeat until the target is found or the matrix boundaries are crossed

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: They shortlist around 300 resume from whole batch for next round.
Tips: Basically add your projects related to Machine Learning and coursework related to Math. GS is one of the companies which reviews resume carefully (At least I think so :P), reason being me selected even after a low CPI. Around 250 to 300 students were shortlisted from resume for second round.
GS is one of the rarest firms that will go through your resume thoroughly. Most important part is that GS is a firm you want to go for if you have a modest CPI and are genuinely interested in global markets.
They hire for Strats and Quants division. So highlight projects related to Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Techniques. Mathematical coursework and internship in related field could be elaborated too. Even students with no internship experience whatsoever were selected due to their background in Machine Learning related coursework.
I have a little or no idea about programming division as it revolves around networking and related projects.

Round: Test
Experience: They started hosting test online on hackerrank. It includes three sections with equal weightage to each of them. You have 45 minutes for individual sections. There are three type of questions asked - MCQ (+10, -3), Fill in the blanks (Numbers upto 2 decimal places; +10, -0) and 2 coding questions in programming section (+20, -0).
Programming - 2 coding questions. Questions about networking, cache and DSA (postfix and prefix expression from stack related algorithms).
Quant - Cattle grazing the circular field tied from a pole at the corner of a rectangular shade with a rope. Some about practical probability problem of die throws. Other about matrices and determinant. Theoretical questions in probability covers a major portion in form of expected value, correlation and covariance calculations. This section had some integer type questions.
Data Sciences - MLT theory should be a stronghold. Particularly confusing theoretical questions. Some of them had 4 statements and then 4 options asking correct statements so you have to be good at multiple topics. Typical question include possible solution to account for missing input data and regularization among others.
Tips: You have to be good at any two of the sections. Quant is quite competitive as the questions are easier and CSE guys can attempt these too from mathematical coursework on prob and stats. Typically whole batch is rooting for this profile because of lesser chance in CS related profile.
A little brushing up old DS notes won't hurt anyone. Specially tree, graphs (algorithms like Bellman Ford, Djikstra and Prim's algo), complexity of standard algorithms and postfix, prefix expression derivation will help a long way. Coding questions demand efficient solution, otherwise you won't be able to clear all test cases because of TLE.
For quant, Prob Stats and Linear Algebra course review is highly recommended. A little aptitude (CAT related although a lot higher standard than that) will help too.
In data sciences, ML lectures will help a lot as most part is theoretical which can be solved if you have your concepts strong. Gaussian distribution, Regularizer, PCA are some of the topics which were asked about.
Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: At first I couldn

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Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 2 Dec 2016

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. How to create a uniform distribution from 1 to 200 using an ubiased coin?
  • Ans. 

    To create a uniform distribution from 1 to 200 using an unbiased coin, we can use the rejection sampling method.

    • Divide the range into equal parts based on the number of outcomes of the coin toss.

    • Toss the coin and select the corresponding part of the range.

    • If the selected number is outside the desired range, reject it and repeat the process.

    • Repeat until a number within the desired range is obtained.

    • Example: If the coin ...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Talked about probability and programming questions. The same happened in 4 rounds of interviews.
Tips: Prepare probability and quant questions. Be calm. The interviewers are very helpful.

Skills: Probability And Statistics, Programming
College Name: IIT Madras

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Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 1 Dec 2016

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

8 Questions

  • Q1. What is the expected number of tosses of a fair coin to get 3 consecutive heads?
  • Ans. 

    Expected number of tosses of a fair coin to get 3 consecutive heads.

    • The probability of getting 3 consecutive heads is 1/8

    • The expected number of tosses to get 3 consecutive heads is 14

    • This can be calculated using the formula E(X) = 2^k + 2^(k-1) + 2^(k-2) + ... + 2^2 + 2^1 + 2^0, where k is the number of consecutive heads required

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. There is an urn with n red balls and 1 black ball in it. You and your friend play a game where you take turns drawing from the urn. The player who draws the black ball first wins. Should you go first or se...
  • Ans. 

    Go second. The probability of winning is higher when going second.

    • The probability of winning when going first is (1/n+1), while the probability of winning when going second is (n/n+1)

    • This is because the first player has a chance of drawing the black ball on their turn, while the second player has a chance of drawing the black ball on their turn or the first player's turn

    • For example, if there are 10 red balls and 1 blac...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. You roll a die until the sum of all die rolls becomes at least 100. What is the most likely value of the last roll?
  • Ans. 

    What is the most likely value of the last roll in a game where a die is rolled until the sum of all rolls is at least 100?

    • The last roll must be at least 4 to reach a sum of 100

    • The probability of rolling a 4, 5, or 6 is 1/2

    • The most likely value of the last roll is 4 or 5

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. You have an n x n matrix in which all the rows and all the columns are sorted. Given an input number, describe an algorithm to search for the number in the matrix
  • Ans. 

    Algorithm to search for a number in an n x n matrix with sorted rows and columns.

    • Start from the top-right corner of the matrix

    • If the current element is greater than the target, move left

    • If the current element is less than the target, move down

    • Repeat until the target is found or the bottom-left corner is reached

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. Given two arrays of size n each, describe an algorithm to find the largest common subarray of the two arrays
  • Ans. 

    Algorithm to find largest common subarray of two arrays of size n

    • Create a 2D array to store the lengths of common subarrays

    • Traverse both arrays and fill the 2D array with lengths of common subarrays

    • Find the maximum length and its corresponding ending index in the 2D array

    • Use the ending index to retrieve the largest common subarray from either of the arrays

  • Answered by AI
  • Q6. Why do you want to join Goldman Sachs?
  • Ans. 

    I am excited to join Goldman Sachs because of its reputation for excellence and the opportunities it offers for professional growth.

    • Goldman Sachs is a leader in the financial industry and has a strong reputation for excellence.

    • I am impressed by the firm's commitment to innovation and its focus on delivering value to clients.

    • I believe that working at Goldman Sachs will provide me with the opportunity to learn from some ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q7. Walk me through your resume
  • Ans. 

    I have experience in marketing and sales, with a focus on digital marketing and lead generation.

    • Started career as a marketing intern at XYZ company

    • Managed social media accounts and email campaigns for ABC company

    • Implemented SEO strategies and increased website traffic by 30%

    • Led a team of 5 sales representatives and exceeded quarterly sales goals by 20%

    • Currently working as a digital marketing specialist at DEF company

  • Answered by AI
  • Q8. There is a 2D plane with infinite parallel, vertical lines with a spacing of 1 unit between them. You drop a rod of length L randomly on the plane, with random position and orientation. What is the probabi...
  • Ans. 

    Probability of a randomly dropped rod of length L intersecting a line on a 2D plane with infinite parallel, vertical lines.

    • The probability depends on the length of the rod L.

    • The probability can be calculated using geometric probability.

    • The probability is 1 - (2L - 1) / infinity.

    • For example, if L = 1, the probability is 0.5.

    • If L = 2, the probability is 0.75.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Puzzles, probability questions
Tips: Brush up on probability problems

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Questions on resume, especially interns.
Tips: Know your resume inside out.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Puzzles, algorithm questions
Tips: Learn algorithms from geeksforgeeks

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Tips: Be familiar with your resume, prepare for generic HR questions

Skills: Problem Solving Skills, Algorithm, Probability And Statistics, Knowledge Of Your Resume Points
College Name: IIT Madras

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Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 1 Dec 2016

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Each section had 10 questions, 100 marks, with 45min duration for each. It consisted of Multiple Choice (+10, -3), Fill in the Blanks type(+10,0), and a coding question (+20).
Platform was HackerRank. You had to do good in atleast 2 sections
Tips: CS: DSA, Graph Theory, Time Complexity
Quant: Probability, Probability, Probability.
Machine Learning: Ensemble Methods, Bagging, Boosting, Decision Trees, etc. You need to know the concepts. No mathematical formulation or equations were asked
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: First of all, the GS panelists were really nice, kind and helpful. They provide with several hints, given you are sincere and have that attitude of solving the problem.
There were 6 technical rounds in all, with different teams of GS.
3 rounds consisted of questions from Probability, Expectation, Markov process, etc.
1 round for algorithm puzzles.
1 round for strategy puzzles.
1 round for Finance (discussed on derivatives, call options, etc.)
Tips: Be thorough with the basics. Don't beat around the bush. Given a problem, discuss the solution first and then go about doing it.

Skills: Probability And Statistics, Algorithm, Knowledge Of Your Resume Points, Aptitude, Finance Basics
College Name: IIT Madras

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Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: The test had 2 parts. 1)Objective (90 mins) 2) Subjective (90 mins). Both the paper were divided into 3 sections 1) Computer Science 2)Math & 3)Data Science .

To get shortlisted you need to do well on only one of the section.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Probability Interview and discussion on projects that I have worked upon on in the institute.

Probability questions were given a quadratic equation whose coefficients are RVs , what is the probability that the roots are real.

College Name: IIT Madras

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Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 1 Dec 2016

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Coding Algo
  • Q2. Prob questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: 3 sections in quant, coding and ML
Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes
Total Questions: 30

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: I had 4 rounds of prob puzzles.
Each round had
Tips: Think out aloud. The interviewer will fix you when you go wrong.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I did not do this round properly. I missed some very easy questions.

Skills: Probabiity
College Name: IIT Madras

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user image Anonymous

posted on 27 Aug 2015

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: You are not supposed to know everything. If you do exceptionally well in one or two sections in each paper and even leave third section completely (which I did) then you are through. Third section was mainly for CSE guys. In subjective part Algorithm section had 5 questions and maths section had 4 questions. Questions in maths section were based on probability, linear algebra, differential equation and discrete maths. Randomized algorithm course taught by Baswana sir was really helpful in doing probability questions. Questions were doable if you knew the concepts well. For algorithms part concepts taught in basic Data structure and algorithm course were enough. Questions were based on linked list, binary tree, stack, queue, sorting, Dijkstra etc.
Duration: 75 minutes minutes

Round: Test
Experience: Each section in objective paper had 10 questions and there was negative marking. On the basis of test they selected 75 candidates.
Duration: 75 minutes minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I was asked about my thesis 3-4 times as I had done some good work in Thesis and had submitted 2 paper based on it. Also as my work was on (Data Compression) Information theory which involves a lot probability and the problems I worked on was of theoretical nature, so I was able to relate it with them. So it was one of my plus point. They asked some questions from topics related to my thesis.

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: They asked some algorithmic puzzles and some probability and other maths puzzles. At no point of time I was asked to write the code (but it totally depends on the team they are looking you for) I just had to tell them how to solve the problem.
Tips: Don’t hurry in interview and take your time to solve the problem. Also at every point keep interviewer engaged and keep telling him in which direction you are proceeding and also why you are doing this.

General Tips: Start preparing from summer itself. If you are targeting quant companies I will advise you start preparing even before for probability and puzzles as you can’t become good in these things overnight. I am not saying you to give 1 -2 hour daily for puzzles rather I will advise you to do just 1-2 puzzles whenever you have time and enjoy it.

Don’t leave everything for the last time you will for sure run short of time so finish the important tasks first. Make goals which are practically achievable.

Skill Tips: Focus on your Study.. Revise the subject that you have studied at the time of Interview
Skills: Technical Skills
College Name: IIT Kanpur

Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 5 May 2017

I was interviewed in Dec 2016.

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: They had two rounds of test, one all objective and the other one all subjective. You had to clear a minimum cut off in the objective in order to get your subjective checked
Duration: 3 hours
Total Questions: 40

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: CV grilling, no hr questions

Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

user image Siddhartha Siddu

posted on 22 Feb 2015

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Tips: Cpi doesn't matter. But the project works and achievements in Olympiads does!

Round: Test
Tips: Test consists of Linear algebra, CS basics, probability sections.
Don't hurry and try to best in all the sections.
Try to top any one section. (CS students might concentrate on CS section and likewise)

Round: Puzzle Interview
Tips: Not exactly puzzles. Probability plus CS basics (depending on your background. Non cs students might not have questions on algorithms)

Round: Other Interview
Tips: Convey a better command on topics. Interview process might vary on the profile they are looking for.

General Tips: Work on probability and puzzles.
Try to know about the profile they are hiring you for. Get to know more about it.
College Name: IIT BOMBAY
Motivation: New field. First job. Chance to take risk.
Funny Moments: Ended up discussing a lot about my entrepreneurial experience with the interviewer who has similar background before joining GS

Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

user image Kaushik Maran

posted on 10 Mar 2015

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: It had three sections namely algorithms, math and coding.
Tips: This is the most important step in the recruitment process. So prepare well and try getting shortlisted in more than one section.
Duration: 1:30 minute
Total Questions: 5+4+?

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: The logical abilities of one is tested. The questions asked do not require you to know any advanced concepts but just make you think in a non-routine manner. The topics covered were Pigeon Hole Principle, Dynamic Programming, Probability (Expectation Value).

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: The logical abilities of one is tested. The questions asked do not
require you to know any advanced concepts but just make you think in a
non-routine manner. The topics covered were (algorithm+discrete math), (probability+combinatorics).

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: This was a purely coding interview where the interviewer was just ensuring that I knew how to code. This interview is taken only for people who have nothing (not even courses) to show in the coding front. The questions asked were based on Data Structures and were pretty standard.

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: Loads of puzzles were asked and a few questions on basic probability distributions as well.

General Tips: Prepare hard for the test and just be yourself during the interview,
Skills: Analytical Thinking
College Name: IIT DELHI
Motivation: The only job where I could put my mathematical abilities to work.
Funny Moments: I completed the first question for the first interviewer (he said the first few words and I completed the statement of the problem) and still couldn't solve the question.
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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 Banking, Investment Management, Risk Management, Software Asset Management and HTML.
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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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