Goldman Sachs · Software engineer · Analyst / Summer Analyst
Superday live coding interview
~30-45 min live on a shared editor
What this round is judged on
- Problem-solving · clean approach before writing code
- Correctness · working code with edge cases handled
- Complexity · stating and improving Big-O
- Communication · narrating reasoning and self-correcting
Where this round sits
Goldman Sachs’s published process. Lime marks the stage this round runs.
- 01Application and resume screen
- 02First-round video interview (about 30 minutes)
- 03HackerRank assessment (engineering applicants)
- 04Superday: behavioral and fit interview
- 05Superday: technical interview
- 06Superday: live coding interview (engineering applicants)this round
- 07Decision and team match
What happens in each stage›
- Application and resume screen
- Online through the Goldman Sachs careers portal. Applications are evaluated throughout the recruiting season, so candidates hear back on different roles at different times, and campus pipelines open very early, often around a year ahead of the start date.
- First-round video interview (about 30 minutes)
- Goldman's own students page states it: if your application is selected you are asked to participate in a video interview that takes approximately 30 minutes. The firm's next step then refers to it as your HireVue interview, so this is a recorded, one-way round rather than a live conversation. Banking and engineering applicants both sit it.
- HackerRank assessment (engineering applicants)
- Goldman states that engineering applicants are also asked to take a HackerRank assessment. Timed and automated: coding problems plus multiple choice on CS fundamentals, math and probability. Investment banking analyst candidates do not sit this stage.
- Superday: behavioral and fit interview
- Goldman describes the superday as a series of final-round interviews, typically between two and five for campus hires depending on the division, where you meet a cross-section of people you could work with. This is the seat that reads motivation, teamwork and firm fit.
- Superday: technical interview
- The technical seat inside the same day. For engineering it is CS fundamentals with a Goldman-signature probability and estimation push. For investment banking analysts it is accounting, valuation and a DCF walk, spoken rather than modelled.
- Superday: live coding interview (engineering applicants)
- A shared-editor coding seat inside the engineering superday. Banking analyst candidates do not sit this stage.
- Decision and team match
- Divisional review and team matching, then the offer.
Sources
Built from what Goldman Sachs publishes about its own process and from real interview data. No leaked question lists. The questions you get are generated against your own resume, so they are not from anyone else's interview.
Stated values: partnership, client service, integrity, excellence; culture phrasing ('for those who insist on excellence, strive for performance, and thrive on opportunities to learn from the best') and the apprenticeship framing. Bot-blocked (403) to an identified crawler; a human can read it.
Official first-step phrasing: 'If you're selected to interview, your first step is a 30-minute video meeting.' Also the internship scale (2,500+ interns, 500+ schools represented). Bot-blocked (403) to an identified crawler.
The published six-step process. Step 5, First Interview: 'you will be asked to participate in a video interview, which will take approximately 30 minutes to complete. Engineering applicants will be asked to take a HackerRank assessment.' Step 6, Superday: 'If selected following your HireVue interview, you'll be invited to a series of final round interviews. Typically, we conduct between two and five interviews for campus hires, depending on the division.' Bot-blocked (403) to an identified crawler.
Engineering level ladder: Analyst, Associate, Vice President, Managing Director. No interview-process content.
Sources last checked . Hiring loops change, so this date is the honest limit on everything above.
Other Goldman Sachs rounds
- First-round video interview
Goldman's published first step: a video interview of about 30 minutes, recorded rather than live
- HackerRank online assessment
The assessment Goldman says engineering applicants take: coding plus multiple choice on CS, math and probability
- Superday behavioral and fit interview
The fit seat inside a superday of two to five back-to-back interviews
- CS fundamentals and probability conversation
Rapid-fire verbal technical seat, often folded into or alongside the coding interview
- First-round video interview
Goldman's published first step for banking: a recorded video interview of about 30 minutes
- Superday fit interview
The fit seat inside a superday of two to five back-to-back interviews
- Finance fundamentals conversation
The technical seat of the banking superday: accounting, valuation and a DCF walk