Goldman Sachs Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

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Q1. Explain what is Binary Search Tree
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Binary Search Tree is a data structure where each node has at most two children, with left child less than parent and right child greater.
• Nodes have at most two children - left and right

• Left child is less than parent, right child is greater

• Allows for efficient searching, insertion, and deletion of elements
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Q1. CV based questions were asked
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Q2. Work experience based questions were asked
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Q1. Details about my work in depth
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Q2. Details about my experience
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Q1. About me and my work experience
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Q2. Details about my work experience and expectations
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Aptitude along with English and comprehensive questions

Three coding questions one easy one medium one hard

Q1. Binary Search question from leetcode
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Q2. Merge sort code
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Q1. About Financial Derivatives
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Q2. Tell me about yourself
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Q3. Past job experience
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Q4. Tough situation you faced
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Q5. Global economy questions
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First Round is Aptitude test and it was quite difficult compared to most of the other companies. All questions were little complex, the results will be provided after a day or two.

Q1. This was first round of interview with technical questions. 1. They would explain about themselves. 2. Tell me about yourself. 3. Can you explain about your previous roles and the kind of process you were ...read more
Ans. 2. Give a short brief about yourself don't go more than a minute, the recruiter are not interested in your personal progress etc. 3. Explain the roles you were in also be conscious whatever you are gonna mention here the recruiter will ask questions from that, so in case you are not confident in particular applications or skills try to not mention it or just run it down faster and give importance on the others. PS: T...read more
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Q2. Why do you want to join Goldman Sachs?
Ans. Give reasons why you should get the job, as in mention 2-3 lines about Goldman Sachs and how it's a better choice for you. Next explain why this job would be a perfect match - something like I have read the job description and that exactly matches my previous experience and I would be able to offer great value for the company etc. End with something like - It would be a pleasure if I get the opportunity and to work in
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Q3. What is Risk? Yeah this was a question - Explain Risk in simple terms?
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Risk is the possibility of loss or harm occurring due to uncertain events or circumstances.
• Risk is inherent in any decision-making process.

• It can be managed through risk assessment and mitigation strategies.

• Examples of risks include financial market volatility, natural disasters, and cyber attacks.

• Risk can be categorized as operational, financial, strategic, or reputational.

• Risk tolerance varies among individuals and o
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Q1. This interview was with the Hiring Manager. This one was relatively short most of the above questions were repeated but mostly it was like you would be asking the questions about the process work etc.
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