Getting Hired

Tips from the inside

Be the best

The prestigious teams at Goldman Sachs are populated by “the best and the brightest from top universities,” and as a result, “the firm runs an extremely competitive recruiting process.”  “Goldman spends a great deal of time and resources to hire the right type of person, both in terms of business fit, as well as personality and culture fit with the firm,” an insider explains.  Each candidate may expect to “meet with more than a dozen different people in the division to which he or she is applying,” and as one analyst remarks, “Some applicants may view this as tedious or excessive, but I found it to be an opportunity for me to confirm that this was the right place, with the right people who I wanted to share many late nights with.”