Goldman Sachs Summer Internship Insights and Recruitment Process
Discover how to apply for the Goldman Sachs summer internship, understand the recruitment process, and prepare for the online coding rounds. Get insights on common doubts, essential skills, and tips for success.
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Summer Internship Talk -SAC Abhishek Prasad | Goldman Sachs
Common Doubts When does the intern season start? What is the timeline? What does Day 0, Day 1, Day 2 intern mean? What is the CG requirement? How to enrol for the internship drive? 2
Recruitment Process Apply for a company, attach your resume Online Coding Round Interviews - 3 Technical Rounds (varies) 1 HR Round (varies) Receive the offer 4
Online Coding Round Competitive Programming Aptitude Questions Computer Science Questions a a 6
Online Coding Round Aptitude Questions - MCQs General logical reasoning No extra preparation required Goldman Sachs, Arcesium, etc. Computer Science Questions - Theoretical Questions - OS, Network Debugging / Output Questions -DSA, OOP, DBMS 7
Online Coding Round Competitive Programming 2-4 coding questions Duration - 1.5-2hrs Platform -Hackerrank (mostly) 8
Online Coding Round Beginners C++ STL (vector, set, map, pair) Arrays, string and two pointers Linked List Binary Search Basic Math (prime number, factorisation, sieve) Recursion 9
Online Coding Round Intermediate C++ STL (stack, queue, priority_queue) Number Theory Bit Manipulation Backtracking Stacks / Queues Greedy Algorithm Graphs (BFS, DFS) Basic DP (1D, Basic 2D DP) 10
Online Coding Round Advanced Trees (traversals) Graphs (shortest path, DSU, MST) DP (medium-hard questions 11
Online Coding Round Study Hackerearth tutorials CP Algorithms GeeksForGeeks Practice Leetcode (topic wise + company-wise[premium]) InterviewBit (must do) Codeforces (Div2 -A, B, C) -Time Management Binarsearch.io -Last minute prep 12
Online Coding Round Tips Make sure to practice past year problems of the company you re appearing for. If you are not confident with the question, try brute force first. (Often works!) Do not just stick to C++, learn an additional language (preferable Python) as a standby. 13
Resume Contents Personal Information Academic Details Subjects/Electives Technical Proficiency Work Experience Projects Certification Achievements Publications PORs Extra -Curricular Activities 15
Resume Points to Remember You can make multiple resumes and apply with a different one for each company. Do not lie in your resume! Do not write in first person. Be sure to tech stack highlight the tech stack and concepts used in the project. Mention the goal, learning points and impact at the end of each project. Implementation details to be left for interview. 16
Interviews Points to remember Interview rounds get progressively longer and tougher. Go through GFG interview experiences of the company before appearing for interviews. Make sure you understand the problem before approaching it. Brainstorm multiple solutions before settling for one. While writing code, explain what you re writing and why. Pay attention to the interviewer s feedback. Know your resume well! Competitive/DSA > OOP > DBMS HR Round -Be ready for question like What interests you about xyz company , What changes do you see in yourself since lockdown , Tell me something about you that is not in your resume , etc. 18
