I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Goldman Sachs (New York, NY) in May 2010
Interview
Went into New York office on day one. Had about a thirty minute interview with a recruiter who seemed very disorganized and didn't have my resume or know my name. Very friendly person, but just too disorganized. She obviously had set questions that I am sure GS has trained into her, then was told I would get a phone interview with a controller. He was more organized and asked very tough questions. The interview lasted about an hour. He knew more about me and was more informative on the prospective job.
I interviewed at Goldman Sachs (Salt Lake City, UT)
Interview
Hirevue 1st round into 3 part zoom superday. Seems like this is standard at Goldman in slc for non engineering roles. HireVue is likely the more fine grained filter of the two
Initial HireVue which consisted of 3 questions then an initial interview via zoom with two people on the team. Understanding what you're understanding of the role is, where you see yourself in a few years, the basics.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are some current events or financial news that are of interest to you
I received a first-round Summer Analyst Controller hirvue interview from GS. 4 Behavioral Questions, no technical questions. I'm still waiting for the next steps. I heard there will be only two rounds-Hirvue and Superday.
Controller applicants have rated the interview process at Goldman Sachs with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 66% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Controller roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 49 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Goldman Sachs overall takes an average of 33 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Goldman Sachs as a Controller according to 49 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 26%
Phone interview: 22%
Group panel interview: 13%
Skills test: 11%
Personality test: 8%
Presentation: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Drug test: 4%
Background check: 3%
Other: 1%
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