Complex. Very difficult. The questions varied significantly between behaviourals and technicals. Very focused on getting to know individual and whether he would be a strong fit. Overall was decent but not necessarily straightforward.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Goldman Sachs in Jun 2011
Interview
You have to make everyone believe you are all rooting for the same cause and you will succeed even though your choice of action to achieve that objective will probably differ. It is not a problem to disagree with the interviewer as long as your argument has merit and you are not just being objectionable because you feel that gives you kudos. The drawback was that whilst nearly all of the people are super bright and highly driven, the world they live in is based on different requirements from "life". These people are not executioners outside "executing" a deal.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Let's go through the issues you faced in raising xxx million funding for this deal during the credit crunch of 2008 ...
I applied through other source. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Goldman Sachs (New York, NY) in Jan 2010
Interview
I was asked questions like, are you good at algebra and can you file quickly. I had to take a typing test, they needed me to be able to type 45 WPM. I also had to prove that my IQ is over at least 145.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you had 5 red balls that contained 4 red balls and those red balls contained the original 5 red balls, then how many sets of sets of balls would I take to have a double set of red balls of varying sizes inside each next largest red ball?
