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Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO Lloyd Blankfein.
The 21 trickiest questions you'llhave to answer if you want to workat Goldman Sachs
RACHEL SUGARJUL. 7, 2015, 10:20 AM
To get a job at GoldmanSachs you've got to knowyour stuff (having the rightalma mater doesn't hurt,either). But financialknowledge alone isn'tenough to land you a gig atthe firm that recently rankedNo. 4 on Universum Global's2015 World's MostAttractive Employers list.
Consider: Last year,Goldman hired 8,300employees out of 270,000applicants a 3% successrate.
To make the cut you'll needto prove you have the skills,the experience, and themotivation to thrive, andyou'll also need to prove you're a cultural fit. In other words: You'll need to ace theinterview.
We sifted through reports from Glassdoor to find some of the trickiest, and diciest,interview questions Goldman has to offer. Whether you're applying to be a summerassociate or a VP, here are a few questions to master before you walk in the door.
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"If you were an object, what would you be?" Financialanalyst candidate
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"How many square feet of pizza is eaten in the US eachyear?" Programmer analyst candidate
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"What is more important, creativity or efficiency?" Operations analyst candidate
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"If a trader comes to you with a trade that he wants youto do immediately, but you need to go through theappropriate means to make sure it's good for thecompany, what do you do?" Summer analystcandidate
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"If you were arrested for something that you believedwasn't wrong, what would you do?" Hedge fundanalyst candidate
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"What's your opinion about Adolf Hitler?" Operationsanalyst candidate
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"If I asked one of your honest friends to tell me one goodand bad thing about yourself, what would they say?" Research associate candidate
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"Name a current issue in the news that will affectbusiness at Goldman." Analyst intern candidate
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"What in your opinion led to the financial crisis?" Operations analyst candidate
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"Do you need us more than we need you?" Mortgageprivate wealth candidate
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"Can you tell me about a time when you were in a teamas a member, not a leader?" Corporate service andreal estate candidate
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"Suppose you had eight identical balls. One of them isslightly heavier and you are given a balance scale.What's the fewest number of times you have to use thescale to find the heavier ball?" Software engineeringintern candidate
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"What is the most interesting business idea you've everheard about?" Analyst candidate
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"What happens when you type Google.com into the webbrowser?" Summer analyst candidate
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"What do you do if a client insists on making a trade ortransaction that you know is not profitable for them in thelong run, but it would benefit the bank?" Operationsanalyst candidate
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"What frustrates you?" Financial analyst candidate
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"What is one characteristic you have that would preventus from hiring you?" Operations analyst
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"Tell me about a time that you failed and weren't able tofix it?" Summer associate
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"If you were asked to move this 30-plus story buildingacross the Hudson River, what would you do?" Technology analyst candidate
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"Is there anything about this job which makes younervous?" Operations analyst candidate
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"What would cause you to stop using the internet?" Extended managing director
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