I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Goldman Sachs in Sept 2017
Interview
I was contacted based on my HackerRank profile. My recruiter was very nice but after I gave her my availability for my phone screen, I got no response for several days until I sent a follow up.
When I got to my technical interview, my interviewer asked me a question and then kept arguing with me on minor points, and suggesting incorrect optimizations. I decided to hold my ground and we spent 25% of the call debating a minor technical point.
I didn't get an offer for further interviews and would have declined an interview after that mess of an experience. Goldman Sachs has a bit of an unsavory reputation and this interview did not improve my opinion of the place one bit.
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.
