Goldman Sachs

Candidate
Profile Offered
Work Experience

Syed Fahd Iqbal

Asset Management
NA- Fresher

Pre Process
Application form
(Y/N)
If Yes, questions
Psychometric test
(Y/N)
Written Test (Y/N)
Written test
details
Interview Rounds

(To be mentioned in bullet points)

N

Process (GD + PI)

GD Topics

(To be mentioned in bullet points)

NA

Profile Sector
Specific questions

Unnati- sector specific questions on Banking (Sector Syed works in)

Financial ratios like ROE
Microeconomics questions- marginal cost etc.
Compare valuation of HDFC and ICICI
What is your outlook on banking sector in India
What was the recent news article in finance that you read

HR Based

Tell us something about yourself

How did you get interested in finance
How and when did you start tracking the stock market
Guesstimates- two questions

What will be the number of people wearing a tie the next day2nd October

What are the number of planes currently flying over India

General
Questions

NA
N
N
NA
2- technical

How did you prepare for the Interview Process? How much according to you was relevant?

Brushed up on my Unnati sector- Banking

Followed current affairs by regularly reading Bloomberg, Financial Times, The Economist

Revised and prepared answers for all the points made in the CV
The interviewers did not ask many questions other than from finance and hence the preparation in
finance was enough and relevant.
Why do you think, you were selected?

Was able to put across my passion for finance

wasnt flustered at any point of time; was relaxed and confident

Did not try to make up answers to a couple of questions I did not know the answers to. Was
straightforward

Had Unnati as a credential