Goldman Sachs is probably one of best banks and probably rightly so. But my experience with the Interview Scheduling team makes me doubt it. Below is my experience March 2021 - online assessment - passes March 2021 - first round scheduled - interviewer did not show up neither did I get any cancellation information or anything April 2021 - first round rescheduled - Exactly the same as last time April 2021 - interview scheduled - I cleared the interview May 2021 - on-site interview - I failed the interview I got a call again for interview this year and below is my experience May 2022 - OA cleared May 2022 to till now - got about 10 emails asking me for my availability to schedule a 1 hour interview. I am giving availability for the past month or so, yet the interview is not scheduled Going through such a scheduling process is it even worth to pursue Goldman Sachs. I also have an offer from Expedia sde2. Will GS give a better offer Position offered - Analyst Sde, although I am asking for Associate Location - nyc Yoe - 2 Current Tc - 115k
Depends on the title and location. Associates on NYC front office engineering teams can make 150k base with a variable annual bonus (~50k seems typical though). If you’re offered an Analyst position, and/or you’re not interviewing for NY/Jersey City, it’ll be markedly lower.
I got a mail yesterday asking for availability for onsites. The mail legit said 'send the details within 48 hours'. Lol
I got like 10 of those 😂
Expedia over Goldman anyday. My friend had offers from both Goldman (analyst) and Expedia(sde2). He chose expedia. It was better, both compensation wise and work culture wise.
Stripe would be a top Fintech, not GS. It does have better name recognition than other banks though, so can be worth moving to in a lot of cases.
No one considers any bank as a top fintech. Pay and benefits are trash at GS for a swe. Go to stripe, plaid, block, hell visa is a huge step up from gs.
Can’t speak for Expedia, but I’ve interviewed at Goldman in the past. It is not a tech company or a “fintech”. They’ve hired some ex Facebook/Google engineers who seem like good engineers, but they have huge legacy infra and a lot of organisational politics to navigate. I spoke to a guy who had been there in the DB team for 20 years and it sounded like he just shuffled around in fear of redundancies. No idea what it’s like now. They seem to hire good engineers. The comp on offer was decent. All cash and comparable to a listed unicorn tech company but in cash and no cliff. It bears repeating. GS ARE NOT A FINTECH. You can see it in the ridiculous top down decisions by non technical folk. They banned using Google via internal networks. They also banned Stackoverflow because some hapless employee pasted some production code in there by mistake. Unless you need to sell your soul, or don’t give a crap about the work then just pick GS if the TC is better. If that’s what you wanted then you’d not be here asking that question anyway.
Generally you are right but there are pockets of good teams solving more technically challenging problems than many teams in big tech firms. However most teams are pretty garbage. I would say we are free to use stackoverflow and Google. However the firewalls are pretty stringent. Eg. A lot of the links from hacker news are blocked.
It’s the same at jpm. We got stack overflow enterprise to try and get around it but this isn’t some new thing about banks. At gs you can expect a decent salary, (usually) decent wlb, and decent safety from a recession. It’s a steady job at a bank which is fine for some folk and not fine for others. It’s not a fintech with some bleeding edge tech and insane growth. I have heard the Marcus teams are good to work for, but the folks at GS can confirm that better than me
Goldman Sachs is a bank, and is like all other banks when it comes to tech. It’s certainly not a top fintech. I would expect a higher offer than Expedia but you didn’t give us any TCs
Goldman Sachs doesn't even prioritise tech and engineering first, it prioritises investment bankers. Its very far away from being the best fintech OP