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Updated 14 Feb 2024

Goldman Sachs Software Engineer Intern Interview Experiences

2 interviews found

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Aug 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

One easy and two medium leetcode

Round 2 - Video Call 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What motivates you
  • Q2. Tell me about yourself

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Practice leetcode

I was interviewed before Sep 2020.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(2 Questions)

Round duration - 90 Miinutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This round contains 20 MCQ questions and 2 Coding questions and It was 90 minutes round
Timings were of the morning
This round was online on hackerrank platform
There was proper procuring with web cam 
MCQ questions were from aptitude and oops section
Coding Questions : 1st question is medium level question, 2nd was a little bit tough question for me
Overall it was medium level in toughness

  • Q1. 

    Connecting Ropes with Minimum Cost

    You are given 'N' ropes, each of varying lengths. The task is to connect all ropes into one single rope. The cost of connecting two ropes is the sum of their lengths. Yo...

  • Ans. 

    The problem is to connect N ropes of different lengths into one rope with minimum cost.

    • Sort the array of rope lengths in ascending order.

    • Initialize a variable to keep track of the total cost.

    • While there are more than one rope remaining, take the two shortest ropes and connect them.

    • Add the cost of connecting the two ropes to the total cost.

    • Replace the two shortest ropes with the connected rope.

    • Repeat the above steps unt

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. 

    Zero Matrix Problem Statement

    You are given a matrix MATRIX of dimension N x M. Your task is to make all the elements of row i and column j equal to 0 if any element in the ith row or jth column of the ma...

  • Ans. 

    The task is to modify a given matrix such that if any element in a row or column is 0, then make all elements in that row and column 0.

    • Iterate through the matrix and keep track of rows and columns that contain 0s

    • After the first iteration, iterate through the tracked rows and columns and set all elements to 0

    • Handle the case where the first row or column contains 0 separately

    • To solve with O(1) space complexity, use the f...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Video Call 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 30 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Timing = afternoon
Environment : it was on zoom call
Interviewer was friendly, he asked one question that was tough

  • Q1. 

    Similar Strings Problem Statement

    Determine whether two given strings, A and B, both of length N, are similar by returning a 1 if they are, otherwise return a 0.

    Explanation:

    String A is similar to stri...

  • Ans. 

    The task is to determine if two strings are similar based on the given conditions.

    • Check if the strings are equal, if yes, return 1

    • Divide both strings into two parts and check if any combination satisfies the similarity condition

    • If none of the conditions hold true, return 0

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI applied for the job as Software Engineer Intern in BangaloreEligibility criteriaCGPA > 6.5Goldman Sachs interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Data structures and algorithms, Object Oriented Programming, Operating system, Database Management, C++Time required to prepare for the interview - 3 MonthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Learn all basic data structures and algorithms 
Tip 2 : Try to solve some Aptitude questions
Tip 3 : Practice Lot of questions in C++

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : include at least one good project and prepare for it well
Tip 2 : make your resume Simple, One paged and well structures(you can use online templates)

Final outcome of the interviewRejected

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Easy to medium questions can be done easily

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Medium to hard level coding question 2

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
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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Round 2 - Coding Test 

Hacker Rank 2 easy questions like first unique occurance in string

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Java OOPS famous data structure time complexity 1 coding question easy.
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic HR Question Explain the projects that you have done.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - If you dont know then say I dont know but dont say wrong answers.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I was interviewed in Dec 2024.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

A standardized assessment that measures a person's skills, cognitive abilities, and potential to perform in a specific role.

Round 2 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. Technical interview questions at Automatic Data Processing (ADP) may cover topics such as programming, databases, and software development.
  • Q2. They may also ask about problem-solving and how you approach challenging tasks.
  • Q3. Emphasize a structured method that involves clearly defining the issue, gathering relevant information, brainstorming potential solutions, evaluating options carefully, implementing the chosen solution, an...
  • Q4. Data structures, algorithms, SQL querying, object-oriented programming principles, software development lifecycle, database concepts (relational vs. NoSQL), coding challenges in relevant languages (like Py...
Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. May ask about your background, skills, and how you handle challenges
  • Q2. Background questions Tell me about yourself, What are your career goals, What are your strengths and weaknesses, What do you know about ADP, and Why do you want to work at ADP.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - focus on tailoring your resume and cover letter to each role, thoroughly researching companies and potential interview questions, actively networking, attending career fairs, practicing your interview skills, following up after interviews, and maintaining a strong online presence on platforms like LinkedIn.
Interview experience
2
Poor
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
-
Result
Selected Selected
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. JavaScript basic ques
  • Q2. Var vs const vs let
Round 2 - Coding Test 

Coding interview basic level nothing more required for this

Round 3 - Coding Test 

Basic coding not more relevant in the whole process

Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Okish not that hard

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Dont join if you are young, this company is for ladies and oldies who do not want to work and indulge only on extra curricular activities and all.

Most of seniors do not know how to code , basic git etc
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

3 coding que easy,med and hard

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Os related que What is kernel , OS types ,what happens after booting computr ,etc
  • Q2. Creat a array and print all elements , which database used for pdf storing sql or nosql
Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. OOps related que abstraction , inheritance , code it
  • Q2. Middel element of linked list
Round 4 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What challenges u faced in engineering?
  • Q2. Situational based questions
Round 5 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Why u choose to work deustch bank ?
  • Q2. Project related quw
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I was interviewed in Aug 2024.

Round 1 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. What are software development design patterns? Can you explain singleton design pattern and code an example to show that?
  • Ans. 

    Software development design patterns are reusable solutions to common problems encountered in software design.

    • Design patterns help in creating maintainable, scalable, and efficient software.

    • Singleton design pattern ensures a class has only one instance and provides a global point of access to it.

    • Example: Implementing a singleton class in Java -

    • public class Singleton { private static Singleton instance; private Singleto...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Can you develop and simple API app to show its running and anyone request sending to it?
  • Q3. What kind of databases you’ve worked on? And explain what is DML!
  • Ans. 

    I have worked on relational databases like MySQL and PostgreSQL. DML stands for Data Manipulation Language.

    • Worked on MySQL and PostgreSQL databases

    • Familiar with writing SQL queries for data manipulation

    • DML stands for Data Manipulation Language

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. When we work with micro services , what is your experience which becomes challenge?
  • Ans. 

    One challenge when working with microservices is managing communication between services.

    • Ensuring proper service discovery and registration

    • Handling network latency and failures

    • Implementing effective monitoring and logging

    • Maintaining consistency and data integrity across services

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. What are the types of deployments?
  • Ans. 

    Types of deployments include blue-green, canary, rolling, and immutable.

    • Blue-green deployment involves running two identical production environments and switching between them.

    • Canary deployment gradually rolls out changes to a small subset of users before deploying to the entire infrastructure.

    • Rolling deployment updates a few instances at a time, ensuring continuous availability.

    • Immutable deployment creates new instanc

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is Blue Green Deployment ?
  • Ans. 

    Blue Green Deployment is a software release strategy that reduces downtime and risk by running two identical production environments.

    • In Blue Green Deployment, one environment (blue) is live and serving production traffic while the other (green) is idle and ready to be switched to at any time.

    • This strategy allows for zero downtime deployments, as the switch between blue and green environments can be done seamlessly.

    • Blue...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. I was asked travelling salesman problem to solve.!
Round 3 - Bar Raiser 

(6 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me what you liked in last 2 rounds!
  • Ans. 

    I enjoyed the challenging technical questions and the opportunity to showcase my problem-solving skills.

    • Challenging technical questions

    • Opportunity to showcase problem-solving skills

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Explain me the best project as per you which you worked upon and features of it.
  • Ans. 

    Developed a web-based project management tool for tracking tasks and deadlines.

    • Implemented user authentication and authorization using JWT tokens

    • Integrated real-time chat feature using WebSockets

    • Utilized React for front-end and Node.js for back-end development

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Some RegEx related questions were asked.
  • Q4. How vector databases work?
  • Ans. 

    Vector databases store data in a vector format, allowing for efficient querying and analysis of high-dimensional data.

    • Vector databases use vectors to represent data points in a multi-dimensional space.

    • They are commonly used in machine learning and data science applications for tasks like similarity search and clustering.

    • Examples of vector databases include Faiss, Annoy, and Milvus.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. If I give you a coding problem to solve in the language you don’t know, can you solve it, when you’re allowed to refer Google search?
  • Ans. 

    Yes, I can solve a coding problem in a language I don't know with Google search.

    • Utilize Google search to understand syntax and concepts in the unfamiliar language

    • Break down the problem into smaller parts and search for solutions to each part

    • Refer to online resources, forums, and documentation for guidance

    • Practice writing and testing code snippets in the new language before attempting the full solution

  • Answered by AI
  • Q6. How you can parse location and shop name from a card transaction string?
  • Ans. 

    Use regex to extract location and shop name from transaction string.

    • Use regular expressions to match patterns for location and shop name.

    • Look for keywords like 'at', 'from', 'in' to identify location.

    • Consider variations in transaction strings and account for them in regex patterns.

    • Example: 'Spent $50 at Starbucks Coffee' -> Location: Starbucks Coffee, Shop Name: Starbucks Coffee

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - We really can’t have fixed questions, be sure with what you’ve worked upon. And also be clear about what you admire as next step to work.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Regarding all basic java , sprint boot questions
  • Q2. More focused on Spring and microservices
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Advance java questions
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Dec 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. How does Django apply migrations to the database?
  • Ans. 

    Django applies migrations to the database using the 'manage.py migrate' command.

    • Django tracks changes to models and generates migration files accordingly.

    • The 'manage.py makemigrations' command creates migration files based on model changes.

    • The 'manage.py migrate' command applies the generated migration files to the database.

    • Migrations help keep the database schema in sync with the changes in Django models.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is hoisting in javascript?
  • Ans. 

    Hoisting in JavaScript is the behavior where variable and function declarations are moved to the top of their containing scope during the compilation phase.

    • Variable declarations are hoisted to the top of their scope, but not their assignments.

    • Function declarations are fully hoisted, meaning they can be called before they are declared.

    • Hoisting can lead to unexpected behavior if not understood properly.

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Assignment 

Create a full stack application in 3 days.

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Goldman Sachs interview process usually has 2 rounds. The most common rounds in the Goldman Sachs interview process are Coding Test and Video Call.

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