I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Goldman Sachs (Bengaluru) in Mar 2010
Interview
they started with an aptitude test, testing the analytical and verbal ability. then went through 5 interviews. one was a 1:1 interview rest were panel. 1st interview was to communication, 2nd on problem solving and presence of mind, 3rd technical and the rest behavioral.they repeatedly asked to tell about yourself and your career objective. we are expected to know about the company, its operations and the industry on the whole.the interviewers were very friendly. it was a great experience to talk to them. their pre-placement talk was pretty impressive. a good company to start your career.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Goldman Sachs in Jun 2008
Interview
I had to take a technical test, not computer based. Then there was a 1:1 interview asking why GS, why finance etc and then technical questions on Java about iteration and collections. I was also asked to wirte code using collections/iterator.
It was difficult to write the code on paper when used to IDE all the time providing help with the methods!