Student Name: Samparna Mittra

Current Course: MSQE

Degree Before Masters: B.Sc. Economics (Hons.)

Company Name: Goldman Sachs
Job Role: Summer Analyst (Engineering Dept.)
Duration of the Job Role: 2-3 Month Internship

Hiring Process Overview:
Submission of CV > Aptitude Test > Shortlisting > 2-3 Interview Rounds

Questions Asked in Online Aptitude Test (if applicable):
Questions were based on probability, puzzles, logical solving and coding. While probability questions were largely approachable (based on Conditional Probability, Bayes Rule, etc.), puzzles (logical and probability-based) were quite tricky and the coding question was very advanced.

Number of Interview Rounds:
2

Questions Asked in Round 1:
Personal questions:

  • Introduce yourself to me.
  • Why did you undertake this project? Walk me through it. Questions discussing the project.
  • Minor details about academic background (eg: did I have mathematics/statistics in my UG programme.)

Technical questions:

  • I have two independent standard normal variables X and Y. Given X>0 and Y<0, find the probability that (X+Y)>0.
  • I can climb a flight of stairs as follows: either 1 step at a time or 2 steps at a time. Find out the no. of ways in which I can climb up ‘n’ steps if the order in which I take a step matters.
  • This generates the Fibonacci sequence. How to code it in a programme (pseudo-code) with maximum efficiency and least complexity?

Questions Asked in Round 2:
Technical question: There are 2 players A and B with 25 cards in between them. One can either pick up 1 or 2 or 3 cards at a time. The one who picks the last card is the winner. Do you want to go as first or second player? Is there a winning strategy for either player? Do you observe a pattern in this?

Questions Asked in Further Rounds:

Job Role Experience:

Suggestions for Candidates (including resources, books, websites):
I found a few common puzzles from the interviews online, mostly on GeeksForGeeks, so that’s a helpful website.

Additional Resources:

Previous Job Role (if applicable):