Goldman Sachs

Software Engineer Interview Experience - United Kingdom

May 12, 2023

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Amazing progress, with swift questions asked.

The only challenge was the psychometric tests; so much planning needs to go into this.

But once you’re in, be prepared to be interviewed at some point by an intern who was once in your position. This is a challenge, and you need to work hard to get them on your side.

Questions

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 45 interview experiences for the Goldman Sachs Software Engineer role in United Kingdom.

Success Rate

13%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive44%

Neutral24%

Negative31%

Candidates reported having good feelings for Goldman Sachs's Software Engineer interview process in United Kingdom.

Goldman Sachs Work Experiences

Good Pay, Wrong Focus

Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

November 6, 2020

Pros: Name, prestige, salary (absolutely speaking), location.

Cons: Large ocean whose product and focus are not software.

Good Pay, Wrong Focus

Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

November 6, 2020

Pros: Name, prestige, salary (absolutely speaking), location.

Cons: Large ocean whose product and focus are not software.

Stimulating Work, Low Pay

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Pros: - Challenging and stimulating working environment. - Growing office.

Cons: Low pay - so low it's hard to get involved in activities without looking at the budget.

Stimulating Work, Low Pay

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Pros: - Challenging and stimulating working environment. - Growing office.

Cons: Low pay - so low it's hard to get involved in activities without looking at the budget.

Incredibly intelligent people, values people, tons to learn, but high stress

Software Engineer • Former Employee

October 24, 2016

Pros: The people are by far the biggest pro, and what keeps most people around. They are very well-rounded and intelligent people. If you perform well and are assertive, you will feel very valued and heard. You'll get exposure to lots of different technologies and a really good development of soft skills. They thrive for quality in their people, and it shows.

Cons: Poor work-life balance. Face-time culture. Stress for deadlines leads to rushed development of processes that results in issues maintaining and improving for the future.

Incredibly intelligent people, values people, tons to learn, but high stress

Software Engineer • Former Employee

October 24, 2016

Pros: The people are by far the biggest pro, and what keeps most people around. They are very well-rounded and intelligent people. If you perform well and are assertive, you will feel very valued and heard. You'll get exposure to lots of different technologies and a really good development of soft skills. They thrive for quality in their people, and it shows.

Cons: Poor work-life balance. Face-time culture. Stress for deadlines leads to rushed development of processes that results in issues maintaining and improving for the future.

Good Pay, Wrong Focus

Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

November 6, 2020

Pros: Name, prestige, salary (absolutely speaking), location.

Cons: Large ocean whose product and focus are not software.

3.0
Good Pay, Wrong Focus
Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
November 6, 2020
Pros: Name, prestige, salary (absolutely speaking), location.
Cons: Large ocean whose product and focus are not software.

Stimulating Work, Low Pay

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Pros: - Challenging and stimulating working environment. - Growing office.

Cons: Low pay - so low it's hard to get involved in activities without looking at the budget.

3.0
Stimulating Work, Low Pay
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
May 21, 2023
Pros: - Challenging and stimulating working environment. - Growing office.
Cons: Low pay - so low it's hard to get involved in activities without looking at the budget.

Incredibly intelligent people, values people, tons to learn, but high stress

Software Engineer • Former Employee

October 24, 2016

Pros: The people are by far the biggest pro, and what keeps most people around. They are very well-rounded and intelligent people. If you perform well and are assertive, you will feel very valued and heard. You'll get exposure to lots of different technologies and a really good development of soft skills. They thrive for quality in their people, and it shows.

Cons: Poor work-life balance. Face-time culture. Stress for deadlines leads to rushed development of processes that results in issues maintaining and improving for the future.

4.0
Incredibly intelligent people, values people, tons to learn, but high stress
Software Engineer • Former Employee
October 24, 2016
Pros: The people are by far the biggest pro, and what keeps most people around. They are very well-rounded and intelligent people. If you perform well and are assertive, you will feel very valued and heard. You'll get exposure to lots of different technologies and a really good development of soft skills. They thrive for quality in their people, and it shows.
Cons: Poor work-life balance. Face-time culture. Stress for deadlines leads to rushed development of processes that results in issues maintaining and improving for the future.

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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