Goldman Sachs

Software Engineer - Placement Year Interview Experience - London, United Kingdom

June 1, 2013

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

Intense but fairly exciting.

It's a two-stage process with an initial interview, followed by an intense "super day" where you do 4-5 back-to-back interviews with pairs of interviewers.

The interviews are held in the Cafeteria.

Sometimes they play good cop/bad cop, which can be a little lame in my opinion.

Interviews were mainly based around the CV and competency-based questions. Most weren't difficult, but a few can be tricky.

A little pushy when the offer was given. I later rejected, and they seemed a little shocked, frankly.

Questions

Given a set of servers, how would you efficiently distribute VMs onto them, and what are the pros and cons of each choice?

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Interview Statistics

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Goldman Sachs's interview process for their Software Engineer - Placement Year roles in London, the United Kingdom is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

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Goldman Sachs Work Experiences

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Software Engineer(Internship) • Former Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

January 14, 2022

Pros: There's definitely a lot for you to learn.

Cons: The works are above one's head and are meant to be that way.

You would love GS

Software Engineer(Internship) • Former Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

January 14, 2022

Pros: There's definitely a lot for you to learn.

Cons: The works are above one's head and are meant to be that way.

Good Work, Disorganized Management

Cloud Architect • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Great place to work. Good people. Interesting work. Less red tape than some other banks.

Cons: Upper middle management is disorganized and not pulling in the same direction. Suboptimal communication exists between BU and central teams. Personally, I suffered from being in a different location than the majority of the team (but that won't be the case for everyone, of course).

Good Work, Disorganized Management

Cloud Architect • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Great place to work. Good people. Interesting work. Less red tape than some other banks.

Cons: Upper middle management is disorganized and not pulling in the same direction. Suboptimal communication exists between BU and central teams. Personally, I suffered from being in a different location than the majority of the team (but that won't be the case for everyone, of course).

Smart Colleagues, Slow Bureaucracy

Software Engineering Associate • Former Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

September 12, 2020

Pros: Very intelligent and collegial people.

Cons: Bureaucratic and salaries can be stagnant.

Smart Colleagues, Slow Bureaucracy

Software Engineering Associate • Former Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

September 12, 2020

Pros: Very intelligent and collegial people.

Cons: Bureaucratic and salaries can be stagnant.

You would love GS

Software Engineer(Internship) • Former Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

January 14, 2022

Pros: There's definitely a lot for you to learn.

Cons: The works are above one's head and are meant to be that way.

5.0
You would love GS
Software Engineer(Internship) • Former Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
January 14, 2022
Pros: There's definitely a lot for you to learn.
Cons: The works are above one's head and are meant to be that way.

Good Work, Disorganized Management

Cloud Architect • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Great place to work. Good people. Interesting work. Less red tape than some other banks.

Cons: Upper middle management is disorganized and not pulling in the same direction. Suboptimal communication exists between BU and central teams. Personally, I suffered from being in a different location than the majority of the team (but that won't be the case for everyone, of course).

4.0
Good Work, Disorganized Management
Cloud Architect • Current Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
April 8, 2022
Pros: Great place to work. Good people. Interesting work. Less red tape than some other banks.
Cons: Upper middle management is disorganized and not pulling in the same direction. Suboptimal communication exists between BU and central teams. Personally, I suffered from being in a different location than the majority of the team (but that won't be the case for everyone, of course).

Smart Colleagues, Slow Bureaucracy

Software Engineering Associate • Former Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

September 12, 2020

Pros: Very intelligent and collegial people.

Cons: Bureaucratic and salaries can be stagnant.

5.0
Smart Colleagues, Slow Bureaucracy
Software Engineering Associate • Former Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
September 12, 2020
Pros: Very intelligent and collegial people.
Cons: Bureaucratic and salaries can be stagnant.

Goldman Sachs Interview Questions

Trapping Rain Water

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 PointersDynamic ProgrammingStacks

Minimum Path Sum

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

First Unique Character in a String

Find the first character in a string that appears only once. If no such character exists, return a specified value.

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