Goldman Sachs

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

August 19, 2020

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

The technical interview was quite easy. At least, that was the one I received. It was on Hackerrank, and you were given about two hours to complete two questions. Something like that. Both questions were absolutely LeetCode Easy questions – super duper easy.

Questions

One question is about a very simple looping question.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 94 interview experiences for the Goldman Sachs Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.

Success Rate

14%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive53%

Neutral37%

Negative10%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Goldman Sachs's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in United States.

Goldman Sachs Work Experiences

Learn, Grow, But Overwhelmed

Vice President -Technology • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pros: Very good learning on how to improve your influencing skills, stakeholder/risk management, etc. You get to do everything on your own.

Cons: Very hectic. Often, you feel the whole world is against you in doing the right thing (in the context of deliverables).

Learn, Grow, But Overwhelmed

Vice President -Technology • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pros: Very good learning on how to improve your influencing skills, stakeholder/risk management, etc. You get to do everything on your own.

Cons: Very hectic. Often, you feel the whole world is against you in doing the right thing (in the context of deliverables).

Lots of energy, not much direction

Software Developer • Current Employee

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

December 14, 2015

Pros: Lots of very smart people. It's rare to meet someone there who is just average. The brand has a lot of cachet, and I'm proud to say that I work there. The work in my area is interesting (though, I think that may be more of the exception, from what I've seen in other teams.)

Cons: I feel like the vision is clear at the top, but by the time it filters down to the people actually doing the work, every type-A personality has begun their own little side project to show their support, and no one has the gumption to prioritize and cull the inferior projects. They are proud about taking care of their investors before their employees, which translates into less-than-one-might-think pay.

Lots of energy, not much direction

Software Developer • Current Employee

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

December 14, 2015

Pros: Lots of very smart people. It's rare to meet someone there who is just average. The brand has a lot of cachet, and I'm proud to say that I work there. The work in my area is interesting (though, I think that may be more of the exception, from what I've seen in other teams.)

Cons: I feel like the vision is clear at the top, but by the time it filters down to the people actually doing the work, every type-A personality has begun their own little side project to show their support, and no one has the gumption to prioritize and cull the inferior projects. They are proud about taking care of their investors before their employees, which translates into less-than-one-might-think pay.

Great People, Tough Balance

Software Engineer • Current Employee

December 21, 2023

Pros: Smart, talented, and nice people.

Cons: Proprietary language, work-life balance

Great People, Tough Balance

Software Engineer • Current Employee

December 21, 2023

Pros: Smart, talented, and nice people.

Cons: Proprietary language, work-life balance

Learn, Grow, But Overwhelmed

Vice President -Technology • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pros: Very good learning on how to improve your influencing skills, stakeholder/risk management, etc. You get to do everything on your own.

Cons: Very hectic. Often, you feel the whole world is against you in doing the right thing (in the context of deliverables).

3.0
Learn, Grow, But Overwhelmed
Vice President -Technology • Current Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
May 17, 2014
Pros: Very good learning on how to improve your influencing skills, stakeholder/risk management, etc. You get to do everything on your own.
Cons: Very hectic. Often, you feel the whole world is against you in doing the right thing (in the context of deliverables).

Lots of energy, not much direction

Software Developer • Current Employee

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

December 14, 2015

Pros: Lots of very smart people. It's rare to meet someone there who is just average. The brand has a lot of cachet, and I'm proud to say that I work there. The work in my area is interesting (though, I think that may be more of the exception, from what I've seen in other teams.)

Cons: I feel like the vision is clear at the top, but by the time it filters down to the people actually doing the work, every type-A personality has begun their own little side project to show their support, and no one has the gumption to prioritize and cull the inferior projects. They are proud about taking care of their investors before their employees, which translates into less-than-one-might-think pay.

3.0
Lots of energy, not much direction
Software Developer • Current Employee
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
December 14, 2015
Pros: Lots of very smart people. It's rare to meet someone there who is just average. The brand has a lot of cachet, and I'm proud to say that I work there. The work in my area is interesting (though, I think that may be more of the exception, from what I've seen in other teams.)
Cons: I feel like the vision is clear at the top, but by the time it filters down to the people actually doing the work, every type-A personality has begun their own little side project to show their support, and no one has the gumption to prioritize and cull the inferior projects. They are proud about taking care of their investors before their employees, which translates into less-than-one-might-think pay.

Great People, Tough Balance

Software Engineer • Current Employee

December 21, 2023

Pros: Smart, talented, and nice people.

Cons: Proprietary language, work-life balance

5.0
Great People, Tough Balance
Software Engineer • Current Employee
December 21, 2023
Pros: Smart, talented, and nice people.
Cons: Proprietary language, work-life balance

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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