Good place to work, but limited opportunities for growth
Good place to work, but limited opportunities for growth
Great culture. People are fairly easygoing and a pleasure to work with.
Goldman has solid pay, but pays less than a lot of peer firms. We often call it the "Goldman (or golden) haircut".
Marginal salary bumps are provided each year, even for top performers.
Expect an annual increase of 3-8% of your base salary if you are an above-average employee in non-revenue roles.
After you get promoted to VP, you are more or less on your own in terms of support. There is a huge gap to make the jump to MD, which can often take over 8 years after the VP promotion, depending on your overall work experience.
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Data Engineer
2 Medium DSA Questions: 1. On Hashmap: Simple iteration over an array and searching the hashmap. 2. Shortest Path Algorithm: Finding the source to destination in minimum steps. Follow-up questions included time complexity and how the approach coul
Software Engineer
Two coding questions of easy-medium level. The interviewer was very friendly and made me comfortable. One question was based on hash maps, and the other was a math-based problem involving rotation in a cycle.
SWE Intern
The process was quite long, approximately five months from application to offer. However, it was not difficult, and the questions were easy. The extended timeline was likely due to submitting my HireVue around the holidays.
Data Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesJune 26, 20252 Medium DSA Questions: 1. On Hashmap: Simple iteration over an array and searching the hashmap. 2. Shortest Path Algorithm: Finding the source to destination in minimum steps. Follow-up questions included time complexity and how the approach coul
Software Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesApril 23, 2025Two coding questions of easy-medium level. The interviewer was very friendly and made me comfortable. One question was based on hash maps, and the other was a math-based problem involving rotation in a cycle.
SWE Intern
New York, New York, United StatesFebruary 1, 2025The process was quite long, approximately five months from application to offer. However, it was not difficult, and the questions were easy. The extended timeline was likely due to submitting my HireVue around the holidays.
