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Senior Developer Interview Experience - New York, New York

May 1, 2010
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

My resume was submitted via a recruiter. I found out that the group wanted to do an in-person interview without a phone screen, which is quite unusual.

I had the interview in the AM and was told that I would meet anywhere from 3-5 people.

It started with a code test which included questions from Java, SQL, Web Tech, C++, and .NET. I had never worked with C++ and .NET, so I left those sections completely blank. This was followed by a group interview (2 on 1) and a 1 on 1 interview. After which, I was just let out. Considering that I thought I did fairly well, I was hoping to be seen by more people, but I was told, "We're done!"

Questions

Write an algorithm to find the missing number from an array of numbers 0 to 999,999.

Find the lowest double in an array of numbers.

java public class WhichReturns { public String whichReturns() { try { return "1"; } finally { return "2"; } }

public static void main(String argv[]) { System.out.println("Return val: " + new WhichReturns().whichReturns()); } }

Difference between var1 == var2 and var1.equals(var2). Which method needs to be implemented along with equals()?

6. SQL Questions

  • Write up a School Registration DB Schema.
  • Given two tables: Employee (ID, Name) and Salary History (EMP_ID, SALARY, SAL_BEGIN_DATE)
    • Find primary keys and foreign keys.
    • Find the ID of employees whose salary decreased.
    • Find the ID and total compensation of employees.
    • Find the ID of employees who were paid only once.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Goldman Sachs Senior Developer role in New York, New York.

Success Rate

0%
Pass Rate

Goldman Sachs's interview process for their Senior Developer roles in New York, New York is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

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Neutral50%
Negative50%

Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Goldman Sachs's Senior Developer interview process in New York, New York.

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