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Software Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York

July 5, 2019
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Horrible! I still get nightmares because of it. Goldman Sachs is a reputable organization, and they need to know that their employees, every single one of them, represent the company. Before you can work there, before you can really know what they do, you have to go through their interviewing process. It's extremely important that they give a good impression to the candidates. Their employees are essentially the ambassadors of the company.

Unfortunately, I had a horrible experience with my interviewer, whose name I shall not mention here. She was condescending and just straight-out rude. How is anyone supposed to code and solve any problem when they are consistently challenged at every line?

  • "What on Earth are you doing?"
  • "Do you even know what Math.floor() does?"
  • "Why are you doing this? Do you understand the question at all?"

These questions were so distracting. The questions to me were actually quite straightforward, but 10 minutes in, I had already given up due to such a terrible impression. It's very distasteful and quite unfortunate.

I still hold Goldman Sachs in high esteem, but I doubt I'll be applying there again any time soon.

Questions

My questions were very specific. I can't share them here to hide my profile.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 63 interview experiences for the Goldman Sachs Software Engineer role in New York, New York.

Success Rate

19%
Pass Rate

Goldman Sachs's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in New York, New York is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive41%
Neutral38%
Negative21%

Candidates reported having good feelings for Goldman Sachs's Software Engineer interview process in New York, New York.

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