r/goldmansachs

I am a teenager looking to pursue a career in finance. My grandpa was a very high role(not sure what the offical word is called) at goldman in I believe investment banking. He is now a very successful private investor. I want to be like him eventually(a private investor)however he said investment banking was the worst part of his life with the hours, workload etc. I am lucky enough to be able to be given some capital and connections from him however I don't want to be given everything. Is wealth management a good opportunity for me if I want a good work life balance aswell as connections? Sorry if things I said do not make sense as I am only 16.

I just got to hear from different people that currently there is a hiring freeze within the firm. Though I am not sure if it is any division specific or it is across the firm. Please share your thoughts if you know anything about this. Also got to know that the engineering division has been given instructions to reduce their head counts. Is this correct?

#goldmansachs

Step back for a second and think about it…

They are mocking you.

Why are you in it? For money? There are many better ways you can make money and better jobs!!

The fact that they ghost you. The fact that they insult you by taking forever to respond to you.

I don’t care if there is a process. I don’t care if there are many applications!! Seems to be that it is incompetency and system failure.

Goldman, JP Morgan whatever shitty finance company…they are insulting you.

So really, don’t worry if you don’t get hired. You don’t want to work to a bunch of stuck up VPs that are losers and have no meaning to their life.

I will get laid off if they do so. And we cant even switch departments as VPs would confirm our movement. Any suggestions?

Hi how does base salary and year end bonus look like for VP in the portfolio management role at GS?

And how is the broad work culture? How hectic can it be

Did anyone get their payroll today? Usually, we receive it on Wednesday, right?

Do you think this will ruin my chances?

What tech stack do you use? And do you have access to Claude code? Incoming swe intern and just want to prepare as best as possible

I’ve been at GS for about a good while now and I am now the only software engineer in my team in my location. I don’t really see the point in going to the office 5 days a week if it’s just me hopping on zoom for calls.

I don’t have a flexible work arrangement but I want to explore the option of 2 days wfh each week. What do you think, will I get flagged by HCM?

I want to transition into roles where I can leverage both my engineering and finance knowledge, possibly in strategy, consulting, or finance-focused roles. I’m currently working as an SDE at GS and pursuing CFA Level 1.

I’m also considering internal mobility, as I feel it may be a relatively smoother way to move into the finance side compared to switching companies altogether.

Any advise on how I can make this transition effectively?

Hey everyone,

I have an on-site Superday interview with Goldman Sachs this Monday for an Associate Software Engineer role, and I’m trying to understand the interview pattern and how best to prepare in the next couple of days.

Would really appreciate any recent experiences or guidance from people who’ve gone through the process recently. Specifically looking for insights on:

Number of interview rounds during the Superday

DSA difficulty level (LeetCode medium/hard?)

System design expectations for Associate level

Low-level design or object-oriented design questions

Behavioral / leadership principles they focus on

Any domain-specific topics (Java, distributed systems, databases, multithreading, cloud, etc.)

Whether interviews are more coding-heavy or discussion-heavy

Any surprise topics or common patterns you noticed

A bit about me:

Applying for Associate SDE role

Have industry experience already

Currently revising DSA, LLD/HLD, concurrency, and core CS fundamentals

Also, if anyone has suggestions on what to prioritize in the last 2–3 days before the interview, that would help a lot.

Thanks in advance!

As title - seems a silly question but wanted to clarify if it is seen as a front or back office division within the firm?

I have got invitation of SuperDay rounds after clearing coderpad round.
They told that it will have two rounds one is DSAlgo and other will be Resume Project Related.

I am not sure whether they will ask System Design in these rounds?
Any idea ?

I have received an invite for an interview for a call center supervisor position for the Marcus by Goldman Sachs area. HR rep made me aware it's fully in office, does anyone here work in that area and know if its worth pursuing? For context I have 3 week work from home, 1 week in office job in insurance as a call center rep, making roughly 56k annually. Debating if its worth it to leave working from home in a stable job to a in office company that's had some layoffs recently?

Bro this group literally hacked the entire US hiring system.

No experience. No internships. Nothing. Just paid some dude to take their interviews, cooked up identical fake resumes and walked straight into senior roles. Copy pasted each others experiences and everything. Boldest thing I've ever seen ngl.

I reported it. Got ghosted.

Their entire fake employment history is just sitting there on their records. Few minutes that's all it takes for the company's own immigration legal team to blow the whole thing up. They literally have the team for it. Just don't wanna look lol.

These guys are now sitting at their desks outsourcing their actual job work to outsiders. So they faked their way in, got the salary, got the visa.

And the company saved $100k sponsoring their H1B under the masters cap so everybody's eating good. Except you know. actual American engineers.