I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Goldman Sachs (Saratoga Springs, NY) in Mar 2018
Interview
I applied online through Glassdoor. I got call for setting up online Code Screen.
Code Share Screen was for about 1 hour and 2 questions were asked on data structures.
After the code screen, I was called for onsite after a week.
Onsite there were 3 managerial rounds.
I was asked question based on my resume, my academics projects, my work experience.
Focussed more on Java, Angular, SQL, Backend services.
There were many behavioral questions based on difficulties faced during team meeting, presentations, handling work etc and what I learnt from them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Difference between Delete, truncate, drop?
REST vs SOAP?
JSON vs XML?
Low level programming vs high level programming?
Why do you like coding?
First round was hackerrank assessment having 2 coding questions. Then after clearing that, the first round of interview had Leetcode Hard question, similar to get the maximum score. I was not able to do it. Interviewer was very nice though
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leetcode Hard question, similar to get the maximum score
One OA and coding round
I failed at first round since I cannot solve that lc problem, interviewer is from the office out of Japan,
OA is easy, got help with AI you can easily passed it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
one hard lc question.
4. Median of Two Sorted Arrays
They said it's a 1:15-minute interview, but I finished in 40 mins. Starting with my previous work experience and projects, they asked 3 cultural questions and 3 coding questions, and I asked them 2 questions about the role, and I finished it.
