The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Goldman Sachs in Feb 2011
Interview
This was a Superday that consisted on 4 back to back 2 on 1 interviews. They asked everything from fit questions, to technical ,and some brain teasers as well. After lunch they only called half of the people back. Be familiar with the market and with the VaR test.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Brain Teaser: A snail goes up 3 feet during the day and falls 1 foot at night. How long does it take him to go up 10 feet?
I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Goldman Sachs (New York, NY) in Nov 2015
Interview
Applied online was selected for an for phone interview with two VPs. The questions were right from the resume and pretty straight forward but did have one probability question. I was invited to the NYC office for the second round of interviews and more centered about market risk management (Value at Risk).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself.
Basic statistics and probability questions.
Explain value at risk.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Goldman Sachs in Jan 2015
Interview
I applied for market risk department summer internship in Singapore. It was a phone interview with two people in the market risk department. One is from Singapore and one from Tokyo, both are nice and friendly. The interview was about 30 minutes. They asked about self introduction, some behavioural questions, questions about CV and also some questions about statistics and finance.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why market risk?
Give me an example of your leadership experience
If you are given the offer, what will you do?
What is VaR?
What does delta mean in finance?
