Goldman Sachs Junior Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Strings, Arrays, and other basic data structure and algo questions

Q1. Tell about your projects and what are the challenges you faced during these projects?
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Q2. Why Bank of America?
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Bank of America is a leading financial institution with a strong reputation and commitment to innovation.
• Bank of America has a strong reputation in the financial industry

• The company is committed to innovation and technology

• Working for Bank of America provides opportunities for growth and development

• Bank of America has a global presence with diverse business lines

• The company values diversity and inclusion in the workpla
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The aptitude test is a bit different from everyone but its interesting. There are timed questions (instead of timed paper) and it judges you on all logical and reasoning thinking. Hold your nerves, youe gonna do great.

The coding test is solvable if you can do leet code problems.

Q1. The HR intereview was nice. She asked about likes dislikes, leadership qualities and situational question. Very positively taken interview.
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Q1. It was a technicalround. Was asked questions on my project. Very approachable interviewer. Id suggest to answer calmly and just let them kjow if you dont know one.
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Q1. Basic networking questions
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Q2. CCNA concepts , cloud networking
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Q1. Binary search.indexing
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Q2. Binary search DSA algo
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Quant verbal mcq questions

Sudo code normal dsa question

Q1. What are ur weakness
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One of my weaknesses is that I can be overly critical of my own work.
• I tend to be a perfectionist and can spend too much time on a task trying to make it perfect.

• I sometimes struggle with delegating tasks to others because I want to ensure they are done correctly.

• I am working on improving my time management skills to prioritize tasks more effectively.
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Q2. What are ur strength
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My strengths include problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and strong technical knowledge.
• Strong problem-solving skills - able to analyze complex issues and come up with effective solutions

• Attention to detail - meticulous in my work to ensure accuracy and quality

• Strong technical knowledge - well-versed in engineering principles and tools

• Good communication skills - able to effectively communicate ideas and collab
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Basic aptitude test consisting questions of Logical reasoning, quant, and English

Q1. Guesstimate - How many red cars are purchased in Delhi?
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It is estimated that around 20% of cars in Delhi are red, so approximately 1 out of every 5 cars is red.
• Consider the total number of cars in Delhi

• Estimate the percentage of cars that are red

• Calculate the number of red cars based on the percentage
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Q1. Guesstimate - Size of mattresses market in Delhi?
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The size of the mattresses market in Delhi can be estimated by considering the population, average household size, and consumer preferences.
• Consider the population of Delhi and the average household size to estimate the number of households in need of mattresses

• Research the average spending on mattresses per household in Delhi

• Take into account the various types of mattresses available in the market and their respective...read more
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Q1. Strengths and weakness
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Q2. Relocation? How would you manage travel?
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I am open to relocation and willing to manage travel efficiently.
• I am flexible and willing to relocate for the right opportunity.

• I will plan ahead and research the best travel options available.

• I am comfortable with long commutes or temporary accommodations if needed.
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Contained only mcq questions related to maths and reasoning

Q1. How to detect two loops in a linkedlist
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Use Floyd's Cycle Detection Algorithm to detect two loops in a linked list.
• Initialize two pointers, slow and fast, both starting at the head of the linked list.

• Move slow pointer by one step and fast pointer by two steps in each iteration.

• If they meet at some point, there is a loop. Reset one pointer to head and move both by one step until they meet again to find the start of the loop.
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Q2. Mainly all the basics questions on DSA and C++ Language and all the ds like stacks, linkedlist, tree, array, queue,map difference between queue and stack
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Q1. Questions on project
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Q2. Code simple que like reverse the string in every possible language that is mentioned on yor resume ,like node js react or python and even c language
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Q3. Basics questions of os like deadlocks
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Q1. I was note selected for this round
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