<p>thanks a lot for all that info, orkut!
did you also have dinner there? </p>
<p>yeah, i was debating as to whether i should be skimming through the wsj that day or whatever. but i figured i’d be too nervous to even do that…
asking specific things about markets would be really bad for me since i’m not a finance major; i’m in the sciences.</p>
<p>hope you have some more opportunities at the moment…are you interviewing with any other companies, etc.?</p>
<p>no there was no dinner etc. It was a superday so lots of applicants. Not much else actually. Applying some other places as well. And I dont think there will be any reason for them to ask u about finance. So relax. I hope u get it.</p>
<p>Orkut what year are you in? I’m thinking me being a sophomore, I started with a big load to carry since their primarily looking for Juniors.</p>
<p>does anyone have some insight on this?</p>
<p>i didn’t receive a confirmation email yet…now i’m getting worried. it’s late into the day, and the interview’s supposed to be tomorrow. i have to make traveling arrangements, too. maybe others took up all the slots for tomorrow? man, i’m so anxious. </p>
<p>i suppose it might be best to call…but they might be working on it, so i don’t want them to get annoyed.</p>
<p>nevermind my last post. fixed.</p>
<p>Hey Mike
I am a junior. A friend of mine who was a soph also interviewed but got a rejection pretty early. They have some programs for rising sophs though something called the undergrad camp check it out on their site. good luck though.</p>
<p>Hey guys,
I had my first interview with gs on feb. 14, they got back to me the next day. super day was feb. 22nd, and I just got an email tonight stating that im on hold. soooo upsetting!! did anyone else get this hold nonsense? i know i bombed my first superday interview (GSAM) cause the dude was such a hardass. no facial reaction or anything, just question, after question, after question. after a while i felt like i had committed a crime and was being interrogated. So yeah, just curious if anyone else got the youre on hold BS.</p>
<p>dice, at least you didn’t get dinged…hold tight. good news could come along. maybe the other interviewers are fighting for you.</p>
<p>i had three interviewers. two were really nice; one i could totally relate with, having similar interests, etc. another one was definitely rooting for me and hinting that i should get this position.</p>
<p>unfortunately, i got an interviewer like dice did; he looked pretty strict, questions on and on, going opposite with nearly everything i was saying, and just generally playing the “bad cop” role. it was pretty intense, and i was a bit flustered. in the end, he told me “good luck,” and i always hear that it’s never good to hear that. darn.</p>
<p>hey mike
have u checked ur application status on the gs website? what does it indicate? Does it say rejected?</p>
<p>Its funny you brought that up. According to the site, I’m selected for additional interviews. I’m pretty sure they haven’t gotten a chance to update everyone’s status. In any case I ended getting an offer for a Business Analyst internship at JP Morgan so I’m actually pretty satisfied. What about you Orkut? Does it say rejected?</p>
<p>hey guys,
i wanted to find out about ops at GS and i’m glad i stumbled upon this forum, but it seems like nobody wants to do ops. personally i’m a sophomore engineer so i’m glad i got some offer from one of the best in the business. </p>
<p>i had my interview on jan 22 or 23 and i was mailed my offer feb 21. i was notified 2 weeks after the interview. </p>
<p>i was wondering what the compensation they determine is based on? is it indicative of what full time entering analysts get?
btw, i really hope u guys hear back soon!!!
on the gs website, it says that i got an offer, but that status changed WAY after i heard back on the phone, so i wouldn’t worry about the website.</p>
<p>spiderman, were you on hold? or you waited 2 weeks until they got back to you?</p>
<p>hey all,</p>
<p>did you guys send out thank you notes/emails to your interviewers?
if so, did any of you receive any replies?</p>
<p>i had an interviewer reply back to me…in the end of the note, it said “best of luck in the next steps of the selection.”</p>
<p>all this “good luck/best of luck” stuff are really making me nervous, as it is rumored that it is never a good thing to hear. i don’t know what to make of this…sooooo frustrating.</p>
<p>i hope the rest of you who are waiting are coping well.</p>
<p>hey arcad…if an interviewer bothered to email you back, he/she must have some interest in you.
i only received an email from one guy out of the three – he was the one who ended up offering me a position. so it’s a good sign</p>
<p>btw, I wasn’t placed on hold…I didn’t even know they did that.</p>
<p>thanks for the reply, and congrats on your offer, spiderman!</p>
<p>i hope i’m in the same case – hope this interviewer responded with good intentions. analyzing this “best of luck” thing is getting out of hand.</p>
<p>do you know how the offer exactly works? if someone really liked you, can he/she really fight for you and get you on his/her team? i know they need a consensus, but in the end, how are you selected into a specific ops group? so confusing. i heard it’s usually a crapshoot, but in your case, it seems like the interviewer who liked you took you in for his group. </p>
<p>there was this one particular interviewer who really liked me (not the guy who responded), and i was hoping that he would somehow make an effort to bring me in… </p>
<p>i can’t help but analyze everything. ugh.</p>
<p>yeah i emailed one of the two guys that interviewed me, and he said the same BS goodluck in the application process. Just got rejected from UBS n JP. kinda wish i was a finance major instead of math now. what are u guys majoring in?</p>
<p>dice, sorry to hear you got rejected…hope you have better luck with this position. did you apply for ops as well for ubs and jp? </p>
<p>i’m not in finance, either. i’m in liberal arts. </p>
<p>see? what are you to make out of those emails? i don’t think it’s worth wasting time over it, but it still nags me. </p>
<p>spiderman, were you specifically told “good luck,” too, in your response?</p>
<p>yeah, i only applied to ops for the 3 companies.
for GS i interviewed with GSAM and derivatives.</p>
<p>just to clarify: never analyze thank you notes, they’re not worth the time or the headache and don’t mean anything.</p>
<p>yes i checked my email and my interviewer did write ‘best of luck’ – i didn’t even pay attention to that before
i think u r analyzing this too much…
if someone likes you, they’ll take the time to write an email! trust me, it’s a good sign
btw, i’m an electrical engineer
i don’t know if this helps u guys…but this thurs is ‘spend the day w/ gs ops’ for pple who got positions already…</p>