Goldman Sachs Business Analyst interview experience

I was reapplying after completing my master’s, and my first round was with someone senior who didn’t really ask much at all—I cleared it quickly.

But the second round was where things went off the rails. Instead of focusing on my qualifications or professional experience, the interview turned into questions about why I wanted to study abroad again and whether coming back to India made sense. I got pulled into nitpicking around the validity of my dissertation, even though it had received an A-level grade, and I remember being told my efforts were wasted and that the work didn’t make sense.

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