I applied online. I interviewed at Goldman Sachs (Dallas, TX) in Jul 2018
Interview
I applied online and received an email from the recruiter within 2 days saying that the specific team I applied for wants to do an hour long video interview. Given my application was for a lateral move, I still thought it was strange I'd be chatting with the team so quickly by video.
I replied and gave my availability for the following early week. Another recruiter randomly reaches out to me early morning next day to do a small phone screen and asks me about why the move to that specific office and salary range. All seemed to go well there.
Come interview day, the team is 20 minutes late. I have no idea who the hiring manager is or anything else about members of the team. They give some half-sorry apology that they thought the interview would happen in another room. I ended up emailing the recruiter just in case before hand since I was just sitting there wasting my time. They didn't even introduce themselves properly. The interview was in two stages. Two members of the team asked me 1 simple behavioral question - Tell me about yourself. That's it.
They even told me if I have any questions about the role that I should wait for the next person to come in as that individual could answer it. He comes in and seems immediately disinterested that he's in the room video interviewing me.
He asks me the same question and another small one. He basically asked me if I have any questions about the role out of formality. He didn't really care to answer the specific question I had. Instead, he repeated the job role, which I already knew and researched. He definitely wanted to be out of there and was disinterested in discussing the role further.
This is one of the weirdest interview experiences I've heard from a group at Goldman. I have friends who are employed in the New York and SF offices, and they too were surprised. I was so disgusted with the apathy/lack of energy from the team that I'm glad the interview ended.
The only positive were the recruiters who with I corresponded.
I interviewed at Goldman Sachs (Salt Lake City, UT)
Interview
To the point people, warm attitude yet quick to the Q&A. Share background, why ops, why location? Speak well and be confident. Be prepared for a random phone call, if you miss the call prepare a good voicemail for when you call back.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to work in operations? Why at SLC?
I interviewed at Goldman Sachs (Salt Lake City, UT)
Interview
My Superday consisted of three back‑to‑back 20‑minute Zoom interviews. Each interviewer was warm, direct, and focused on understanding how I think, communicate, and approach operational problems. The process was well‑organized, with clear instructions and smooth transitions between meetings. Questions centered on teamwork, ownership, process improvement, and how my past experiences prepared me for Operations. Overall, it felt structured, conversational, and professionally run.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you approach solving operational problems when information is incomplete or changing?
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Goldman Sachs (London, England)
Interview
Had inital phone call with hiring manager and was then invited in to the office for a 3 round interview. Interview with hiring manager and team member with normal competency based questions, second round with senior manager which was general conversation and talking about past experience and last interview with 4 analysts from different team talking about career. Hiring manager never came back to me with a response at all.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time where you had to prioritise different tasks in a high pressured environment and how you went about doing so.
Operations Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Goldman Sachs with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 70% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Operations Analyst roles take an average of 31 days to get hired, when considering 379 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 Operations Analyst according to 379 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 27%
Group panel interview: 21%
Phone interview: 15%
Background check: 9%
Drug test: 7%
Skills test: 6%
Personality test: 5%
Presentation: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Other: 1%
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