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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Software Engineer
I received a follow-up email after applying for the position. The HR representative asked me for my available time slots, and we scheduled a time for a call. However, I did not receive the call on the scheduled day. I sent an email afterward, but I
Full Stack Developer
Good in general. It was three rounds of interviews in total. The first round of the interview was about going over project experience. The next round involved some algorithm coding challenges. The last round was with someone in the team to discuss
Software Engineer
The CodePad interview was not great. I smashed it, but the interviewer did not say a word. There was no encouragement or immediate feedback. In the final round coding interview, one interviewer did not seem to know what he was asking about. He was v
Software Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesSeptember 1, 2018I received a follow-up email after applying for the position. The HR representative asked me for my available time slots, and we scheduled a time for a call. However, I did not receive the call on the scheduled day. I sent an email afterward, but I
Full Stack Developer
New York, New York, United StatesAugust 1, 2022Good in general. It was three rounds of interviews in total. The first round of the interview was about going over project experience. The next round involved some algorithm coding challenges. The last round was with someone in the team to discuss
Software Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesOctober 3, 2021The CodePad interview was not great. I smashed it, but the interviewer did not say a word. There was no encouragement or immediate feedback. In the final round coding interview, one interviewer did not seem to know what he was asking about. He was v
