Goldman Sachs Interview Questions and Answers for Experienced

Q1. Walk me through your resume
Add your answer
Q2. Why goldman sachs
Ans. 
I admire Goldman Sachs for its innovation, global impact, and commitment to excellence in finance and client service.
• Goldman Sachs is a leader in the financial industry, known for its innovative solutions and strategic insights.

• The firm's commitment to diversity and inclusion resonates with my values, fostering a collaborative work environment.

• I am drawn to the opportunity to work on high-impact projects that shape the...read more
Answered by AI
Add your answer

Q1. Take me through your profile
Add your answer
Q2. What is trade life cycle
Add your answer

Q1. Basic behavioral questions
Add your answer

Q1. Online written test for one hour.
Add your answer
Q2. SQL questions asked
Add your answer

Q1. One on One with hiring manager
Add your answer
Q2. Situational questions based on work history
Add your answer

Q1. One on one with senior team member. He asked technical questions.
Add your answer

Q1. One on One with Senior team member from sister team. He asked situational questions
Add your answer

Q1. One on One round with senior team member. He asked technical questions
Add your answer

Q1. Salary Discussion
Add your answer

Q1. No Questions asked
Add your answer

Q1. 1. Live coding question on DP - Discussion on other approaches and complexity
Add your answer
Q2. 2. Questions on responsibilities delivered in current role
Add your answer

I had an incredibly disappointing interview experience with Anshul, who claimed to have 9 YOE. The interview began with system design question and I nit even given any time to think of the solution. When I tried gathering my thoughts, Anshul accused me of of cheating even though I volunteered to share my screen to prove my honesty. He was not only rude but highly unprofessional.

The situation worsened as the interview progressed. My correct answers were repeatedly declared wrong. For instance, when I stated that "MySQL is a relational database", Anshul incorrectly insisted that t is not. Shockingly he did not agree that a database would be necessary for a link shortener and further claimed that MySQL is a document database.

An interviewer with 9 years of experience should have a basic understanding of fundamental concepts. The interviewer's lack of knowledge and poor conduct makes me doubt the whole hiring process.
The other person in panel, Priyanka, was mute throughout.

Anyone applying here should reconsider it as this can be harmful to a professional's growth.

Coder Pad round -> 60 mins
1. Leetcode Hard Question
2. Debug the code and make a solution work for a given problem statement

Q1. LLD for Parking Lot System
Ans. 
Design the Low Level Design (LLD) for a Parking Lot System
• Divide the system into modules like parking lot, vehicle, ticket, payment, etc.

• Define the classes and their relationships, such as ParkingLot, Vehicle, Ticket, Payment

• Include methods for functionalities like parking a vehicle, issuing a ticket, processing payment

• Consider scalability and performance aspects in the design

• Implement data structures like queues for m...read more
Answered by AI
Add your answer

Q1. Leetcode program hard and easy
Add your answer

Write a program to analyze logs of the application

Q1. Difference between SQL and NoSQL
Ans. 
SQL is a traditional relational database management system, while NoSQL is a non-relational database system.
• SQL is structured, uses tables with predefined schema, and is good for complex queries.

• NoSQL is unstructured, uses collections or documents, and is good for large amounts of data with simple queries.

• SQL is ACID compliant, ensuring data integrity, while NoSQL is BASE (Basically Available, Soft state, Eventually co...read more
Answered by AI
Add your answer
Q2. Reverse a linked list recursively
Ans. 
Reverse a linked list recursively by swapping pointers
• Start by checking if the current node is null or the next node is null

• If so, return the current node as it is the new head of the reversed list

• Otherwise, recursively call the function on the next node and swap pointers
Answered by AI
Add your answer
Q3. Implement a min stack
Ans. 
A min stack is a stack data structure that supports the usual push and pop operations, along with an additional operation to retrieve the minimum element in constant time.
• Create a stack to store the elements and another stack to store the minimum values encountered so far.

• When pushing an element, check if it is smaller than the current minimum. If so, push it onto the minimum stack.

• When popping an element, check if it ...read more
Answered by AI
Add your answer
Q4. Implement two stacks in a single array
Ans. 
Implement two stacks in a single array using two different approaches
• Divide the array into two halves and use one half for each stack

• Use two pointers, one for each stack, and move them towards each other as elements are pushed or popped

• Consider edge cases like stack overflow and underflow
Answered by AI
Add your answer
Q5. Was asked to write an sql query involing group by and joins
Ans. 
An SQL query using GROUP BY and JOINs aggregates data from multiple tables based on specified conditions.
• GROUP BY is used to arrange identical data into groups.

• JOINs combine rows from two or more tables based on a related column.

• Example: SELECT department, COUNT(*) FROM employees GROUP BY department;

• Example with JOIN: SELECT d.name, COUNT(e.id) FROM departments d JOIN employees e ON d.id = e.department_id GROUP BY d.na...read more
Answered by AI
Add your answer