Goldman Sachs Software Engineer interview experience

Posted Sep 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went into a CoderPad session where the problems were surprisingly straightforward and focused on basic DSA patterns.

I had two questions: one was about finding the first non-repeating character, and the other was essentially an optimal path problem described as “rock collection.” The round itself felt light compared to what I expected—more like testing clean thinking than pushing me into an extreme difficulty.

After that, the scheduling moved into a superday track. I got a call asking me to move forward for a superday interview, although the timeline details didn’t line up perfectly with the dates I had been given for the earlier stage, which added a little confusion.

By the end of the process, the

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