Basic Information

• Company Name: Goldman Sachs
• Name: Khushi Wandile
• Role: Quant Analyst
• Location: Hyderabad

Please elaborate on your internship role and/or any projects that you did?

The role was of LFT (low frequency trading) in nature. Building/ benchmarking models (pricing models). Lot of ML concepts utilised.

Please describe the selection process in detail (tests + interviews)?

1 test + 3 rounds of technical interviews

What was your preparation strategy for Quant roles (trading and/or software)?

Grip on Probability, statistics, ML, Maths and DSA concepts

What were the working hours like?

7-8 hours

How would you describe the structure, work culture and work-life balance of the company?

GS is culturally good and vibrant, many collaborative, social volunteering, well being and fun events throughout the year. Work-life balance is standard, team-to-team basis. People there are helpful and very approachable.

A lot of Quant firms claim they don’t have silos, and use this as a USP. How true is this for the company you interned at?

Yup no silos, in the experience I had :)

Was there any evaluation criteria followed by the company, if yes could you elaborate?

Strongly based on how you approach and answer the questions in interviews

How did the internship influence your career interests?

Gave me a good enough reason to stay in the domain I interned in.

How would you rate your overall internship experience?

9

Any myths or unknown facts you would like to bust/reveal? Feel free to add in any comments you have.

Breathe more, stress less :)

One piece of advice for someone preparing for similar roles.

Stick to basics and standard references: Green book, brainsteller, probability courses and Leetcode for DSA