Pros: - Interesting and nice people. - Nice view from the office.

Cons: A CEO that hires people and fires them because he made a wrong bet. David Solomon is holding contractors hostage. The CEO of this big firm does not have a clue how to plan a budget beyond 2 months. I've survived layoffs, but now there are no QAs, there are no analysts, and nobody knows what to do. What are the goals? What is expected? Senior management planned this since October. It is January. People were just laid off on random criteria. Actually, people who were doing something were sacked. Those who maybe earned less are still within the company. Old tech stack, you'll learn nothing. You will be constrained by GS systems. Build times are taking forever. David Solomon does not care about improving the productivity of engineers. He chooses to fire random people instead of investing in hardware. This company just runs on brand, not on doing anything exceptional.

Pros: The Job Simulations on Forage give you technical experience; however, Goldman Sachs stood out because of how "technical" the simulation was. You learned about cryptography and password encryption, which allowed me to confidently talk about it in a series of applications.

Cons: The simulation was short and limited to emails, with no "live conferences" or live interaction.

Pros: Good pay - more than what banks and mid-tier companies generally pay.

Cons: Restricted work culture. You have to use their in-house developed tech and legacy applications. Hierarchy can be felt, and seniors hardly gel up well with others. They even count the number of hours you're sitting in front of the screen. :)