To be honest, after receiving Goldman Sachs Superday When I was invited, my first thought was that I had finally reached the ultimate boss level. I was already mentally tired from the OA, first and second interviews, but the name Superday itself carries a sense of pressure: several rounds in a row in a single day, with interviewers taking turns, and no chance to catch a break.
Moreover, GS Superday is not like an ordinary onsite, it is more like a comprehensive assessment, not only looking at your hardcore skills, but also observing your reaction, communication style, and the way you deal with unexpected problems under high pressure. On that day, I was on Zoom from morning to night, working with interviewers from different backgrounds, with almost no time to rest in between, just like a "triathlon in the financial circle".
This post will take you on a complete walk-through of my Superday experience, from the types of questions and focus of each round, to the potholes I stepped in and the thrilling moments I passed, hopefully it will help you feel a little more confident when you're actually on the field.
1. go through resume and behavior question. but let me very surprised is that although everyone resume looks all kinds of project are very fancy, surprisingly many people even discuss their own resume are very hard! When asked a question related to his research, he couldn't answer it or was deadlocked for a long time. This is a huge red flag! Either what you do is too watery, or you are lying. So be very comfortable talking about your past experience or don't write about it.
2. algorithms. After all, as strats you 90%+ spend your time writing code. The problems we examined were very legit. mainly mainstream data structures. I believe to give you half an hour to write their own, certainly can write out. But the interview is nervous a lot of people are not very smooth. So while brushing more questions, you must learn to stay calm. And then to think well, do not need a second to give the result but many people are not even think about it and start to say the wrong answer. Not afraid of you thinking, but afraid of you talking nonsense. At the same time even if you think, can not think out, you can tell your THOUGHT PROCESS to the interviewer (think out loud), the interview off may guide you, sometimes it may be a small TIPS you can go on. And I don't care if you don't think out the answer in a second (most of the actual problem, desk have to go through a lot of discussion), more want to see how you apply the problem, how to communicate how to seek help if needed. so goldman is really not a pure tech company, we are very concerned about your problem solving skills. So goldman is really not a pure tech company, we are very concerned about your problem solving skills.
3. stats. If you have enough time, you will be asked some regression, multivariate gaussian, baysian, regularization, pca questions. Generally not difficult, as long as your foundation is good, understand the high level (not only plug in formula to cope with the examination, or apply a package) generally have no problem. But even so, a lot of candidate are I say of the person in parentheses. A very basic SELF CHECK is, do you remember the ASSUMPTION of REGISTRATION well?
The last five minutes ask questions.
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