Goldman Sachs

Associate Software Engineer Interview Experience

September 1, 2025

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Round 1: 2 DSA questions. Gave both questions correct, still not selected.

Question 1: First Non-Repeating Character in a String. Solved it using brute force and optimal both. Question 2: Trapping Rainwater. Solved with brute force. Didn't go for the optimal approach as it was not instructed to optimize.

Verdict: Not Selected

Questions

Question 1: First Non-Repeating Character in a String

Question 2: Trapping Rainwater

Interview Statistics

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Pass Rate

Goldman Sachs's interview process for their Associate Software Engineer roles is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive42%

Neutral27%

Negative30%

Candidates reported having good feelings for Goldman Sachs's Associate Software Engineer interview process.

Goldman Sachs Interview Questions

Trapping Rain Water

Hard

Given an array representing the height of bars, calculate how much water can be trapped between them after rain. Think about finding the maximum height to the left and right of each bar.

ArraysTwo Pointers

Minimum Path Sum

Medium

Find the minimum sum of a path from the top-left to the bottom-right corner of a grid. You can only move down or right at each step.

ArraysDynamic Programming

Find Minimum in Rotated Sorted Array

Medium

Find the minimum element in a sorted array that has been rotated. The array was initially sorted, but some portion of it has been shifted to the beginning.

ArraysBinary Search