15 mins of resume Q, 15 mins of talking, 30 mins of brainteaser.
Q1: e^(a+b), e^a+e^b, which one is bigger
Q2: x,y,z idd uniform distribution between 0 and 1. what's the prob of x+y+z>1
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Q3: You are playing this game with flipping a coin. You can play it as many times as you want until there is a head. At the nth time, when you get a head, they will pay the 2^n dollars. How much are you willing to play this game? What's the fair value?
I interviewed at Goldman Sachs (São Paulo, São Paulo)
Interview
Puzzles (brain teasers), maths questions and programming challenges. The interviewers tried to understand how deep my knowledge was on each of the topics we talked about. There is no room for making stuff up, please don't try that.
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Tell me about this X thing I see on your resume (and then they proceed to ask about every detail, in order to understand how much you actually understand)
The interview process is not necessarily specific to the role but focus mostly on technical questions. It starts with a coding test (Coderpad) followed by a series of pair interviews with strategists/technologists. Expect brain teasers, math problems (probability) and the foundation of software engineering (algorithms, data structures, etc.)
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You have a bag with 100 identical golf balls in it. Each ball is labeled by a number between 1 and 100 (no duplicates). By paying $1 per draw, you can pick one ball from the bag. Then you can either stop and you will be paid an amount in $ equivalent to the number on the ball or you can reinsert the ball in the bag and extract again. What is the optimal strategy to maximize the gain?
I applied online. I interviewed at Goldman Sachs (London, England) in Sept 2023
Interview
Applied in September and got an invite to technical assessment a day after. It was two coding question and 9-10 multiple choice maths/stats/brainteaser problems.
I thought I answered well but did not progress further.
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A brainteaser with a population wanting boys only.
