Goldman Sachs

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

October 1, 2019

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The online technical test was a coding challenge and a math exam in one. The math exam was optional, and the overall technical interview process was through HackerRank. They asked a few coding questions that weren't too difficult, but the math exam was the real kicker.

Questions

Given a function, find its domain and range.

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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

Smart Team, Tough Start

Associate Software Engineer Developer • Former Employee

Dallas, Texas, United States

January 18, 2024

Pros: Smart people to work with. Monolithic architecture.

Cons: Not great infrastructure teams. Too much team politics. Very tough to cope as a new engineer.

Smart Team, Tough Start

Associate Software Engineer Developer • Former Employee

Dallas, Texas, United States

January 18, 2024

Pros: Smart people to work with. Monolithic architecture.

Cons: Not great infrastructure teams. Too much team politics. Very tough to cope as a new engineer.

Great Balance, People-centric

Software Developer • Current Employee

January 27, 2019

Pros: Positive experience, Work-life balance, People-centric

Cons: No cons according to me. Nice place to work.

Great Balance, People-centric

Software Developer • Current Employee

January 27, 2019

Pros: Positive experience, Work-life balance, People-centric

Cons: No cons according to me. Nice place to work.

Overall, a great place to work

Vice President - Technology • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

January 30, 2024

Pros: - Lots of opportunities here to work with different technologies/languages. - Professional colleagues. - Collaborative environment; people are easily approachable regardless of the location.

Cons: - Delay in adopting new technologies, as in most banks, but things are much better here. - GS likes to create wrapper software around any open-source solution, while it's better with solutions in the cloud now. - There are no much growth opportunities here if you join as a VP.

Overall, a great place to work

Vice President - Technology • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

January 30, 2024

Pros: - Lots of opportunities here to work with different technologies/languages. - Professional colleagues. - Collaborative environment; people are easily approachable regardless of the location.

Cons: - Delay in adopting new technologies, as in most banks, but things are much better here. - GS likes to create wrapper software around any open-source solution, while it's better with solutions in the cloud now. - There are no much growth opportunities here if you join as a VP.

Smart Team, Tough Start

Associate Software Engineer Developer • Former Employee

Dallas, Texas, United States

January 18, 2024

Pros: Smart people to work with. Monolithic architecture.

Cons: Not great infrastructure teams. Too much team politics. Very tough to cope as a new engineer.

3.0
Smart Team, Tough Start
Associate Software Engineer Developer • Former Employee
Dallas, Texas, United States
January 18, 2024
Pros: Smart people to work with. Monolithic architecture.
Cons: Not great infrastructure teams. Too much team politics. Very tough to cope as a new engineer.

Great Balance, People-centric

Software Developer • Current Employee

January 27, 2019

Pros: Positive experience, Work-life balance, People-centric

Cons: No cons according to me. Nice place to work.

4.0
Great Balance, People-centric
Software Developer • Current Employee
January 27, 2019
Pros: Positive experience, Work-life balance, People-centric
Cons: No cons according to me. Nice place to work.

Overall, a great place to work

Vice President - Technology • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

January 30, 2024

Pros: - Lots of opportunities here to work with different technologies/languages. - Professional colleagues. - Collaborative environment; people are easily approachable regardless of the location.

Cons: - Delay in adopting new technologies, as in most banks, but things are much better here. - GS likes to create wrapper software around any open-source solution, while it's better with solutions in the cloud now. - There are no much growth opportunities here if you join as a VP.

5.0
Overall, a great place to work
Vice President - Technology • Current Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
January 30, 2024
Pros: - Lots of opportunities here to work with different technologies/languages. - Professional colleagues. - Collaborative environment; people are easily approachable regardless of the location.
Cons: - Delay in adopting new technologies, as in most banks, but things are much better here. - GS likes to create wrapper software around any open-source solution, while it's better with solutions in the cloud now. - There are no much growth opportunities here if you join as a VP.

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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