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Quantitative Trader

Interviewed at Goldman Sachs

3.7
Jun 20, 2023

Why do you want to work for Goldman Sachs? What do you know about Goldman Sachs? What are your strengths and weaknesses? Tell me about a time when you faced a difficult challenge and how you overcame it. How do you handle competing priorities and deadlines? What are your long-term career goals? How do you stay up-to-date with industry trends and news? What is your understanding of the current economic climate? How do you prioritize and manage your workload? What skills do you bring to the position that make you a strong candidate?

You are expected to have a good idea of the greeks for vanilla options, not only shapes and signs but relative magnitudes to the underlying, so you can hedge a sequence of market shocks mentally and fast. They gave me no paper or pencil :)
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Algo Trader

Interviewed at Goldman Sachs

3.7
Jan 8, 2013

You are expected to have a good idea of the greeks for vanilla options, not only shapes and signs but relative magnitudes to the underlying, so you can hedge a sequence of market shocks mentally and fast. They gave me no paper or pencil :)

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