Goldman Sachs Interview Experience for Fresher SDE - Intern, Oct 2020

Posted: 25 Feb 2021

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Interview Rounds

Application Process

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Interview Process

Online Coding Interview

Hard

Duration:

135 minutes

Interview-Date:

15 Oct 2020

Problems:

(Online Assessment Test): Platform was HackerRank with tab proctoring and webcam proctoring enabled. This round consisted of 5 sections(There was a section-wise time limit)

Section 1:
=> 2 coding questions of moderate level (Time: 30 Minutes)
=> 5 languages allowed: CPP, java, java8, python, python3

Section 2: (Maths and Quant):
=> Marking: +5,-2
=> Time: 2...

Largest rectangle in a histogram

You have been given an array/list 'HEIGHTS' of length ‘N. 'HEIGHTS' represents the histogram and each element of 'HEIGHTS' represents the height...

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Merge overlapping intervals

Given 'N' number of intervals, where each interval contains two integers denoting the boundaries of the interval. The task is to merge all the overlap...

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Longest Palindromic Substring

You are given a string (STR) of length N.

Your task is to find the longest palindromic substring. If there is more than one palindromic substring with the maximum len...

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Preparation

Duration:

12 months

Topics:

Data Structure, C++, OOPs, Networking, Aptitude, Dynamic Programming

Preparation Tip

Tip 1 : Do not panic and Remain calm. Be Honest(in both Resume and during the Interview).
Tip 2 : Listen to the PPTs of the companies properly.
Tip 3 : While you are solving a question, speak to the interviewer.
Tip 4 : Data Structures, Problem Solving is very important. Good CGPA helps, personal projects, extracurricular activities would also give you an edge.