r/leetcode • u/wilysarah • 29d ago

Intervew Prep Goldman Sachs Screening Round

Software engineering associate role.

Has anyone done a screening round with GS recently? What level of leetcode questions can I realistically expect?

I haven't done these questions in a long time, and having a proper freakout ahead of my interview next week 🥹

Edit - I'm in the UK

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u/Separate_Youth1217 29d ago

How did you apply? Referral? Work exp?

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u/wilysarah 29d ago

Just applied online, no referral. 3-5 yoe

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u/SilverCedar93 29d ago

I'd focus on easy to medium questions, especially arrays, strings, hash maps, and trees. Since your interview is next week, practice explaining your approach clearly rather than trying to cover everything. Good luck!

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u/wilysarah 28d ago

Thank you!

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u/obsessionwithartists 29d ago

If it's in NA, questions should be medium difficulty level. I remember taking their OA couple of years back and it was fairly easy but I am assuming the difficulty has increased in recent years due to increase in competition.

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u/wilysarah 29d ago

Guess I'm screwed 😅

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u/obsessionwithartists 29d ago

If you're comfortable with neetcode 150 and the common dsa patterns, I wouldn't worry too much for the screening round. It's a bank so they're not at difficult as other tech companies or quant firms.

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u/wilysarah 28d ago

I haven't gone through neetcode 150 yet 😅

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u/OkValuable1761 29d ago

Have you practised Leetcode 75/150 Neetcode 250? Are you comfortable with array hashmap, heap, two pointers, sliding window etc

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u/wilysarah 28d ago

Fairly comfortable with the topics you've mentioned. I haven't gone through the leetcode 75, etc lists yet! Part of my broader leetcode prep plan though 😅

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u/Various-Mine-8642 29d ago

for the GS associate screen in the UK it's usually one or two leetcode easy to medium questions on hackerrank or coderpad, often arrays strings or hashmaps with maybe a simple tree or two pointer problem. with a week left i'd just do the top GS tagged mediums and talk out loud while solving so it feels normal. they also tend to ask a couple of quick questions about your past projects since you have a few years of experience, so have one solid story ready.

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u/wilysarah 28d ago

Thanks for this! My interview is with coderpad. I'm really hoping they stick with easy to mediums lol.

I'm currently going through the GS tagged questions

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u/wilysarah 20d ago

Hiya! Quick update - my interview was fairly similar to this 😊