Trader Trainee Interview Questions

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Why do you want to work for Goldman Sachs? What do you know about Goldman Sachs? What are your strengths and weaknesses? Tell me about a time when you faced a difficult challenge and how you overcame it. How do you handle competing priorities and deadlines? What are your long-term career goals? How do you stay up-to-date with industry trends and news? What is your understanding of the current economic climate? How do you prioritize and manage your workload? What skills do you bring to the position that make you a strong candidate?
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Quantitative Trader

Interviewed at Goldman Sachs

3.7
Jun 20, 2023

Why do you want to work for Goldman Sachs? What do you know about Goldman Sachs? What are your strengths and weaknesses? Tell me about a time when you faced a difficult challenge and how you overcame it. How do you handle competing priorities and deadlines? What are your long-term career goals? How do you stay up-to-date with industry trends and news? What is your understanding of the current economic climate? How do you prioritize and manage your workload? What skills do you bring to the position that make you a strong candidate?

Round 1. Questions like: 64 players playing knock-out tennis tournament, lily pad doubles every day, it takes 28 days to cover the lake, how many days are needed to cover half of the lake Round 2. Regular HR quesions plus mental math like 18*22, 247/13 and etc
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Graduate Trader

Interviewed at Mako Trading Group

3.7
Aug 24, 2025

Round 1. Questions like: 64 players playing knock-out tennis tournament, lily pad doubles every day, it takes 28 days to cover the lake, how many days are needed to cover half of the lake Round 2. Regular HR quesions plus mental math like 18*22, 247/13 and etc

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