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Structured, professional loops: markets awareness plus behavioral depth. Below: the questions candidates report from Goldman Sachs interviews, sorted by how often they come up, plus original practice in Goldman Sachs's style.

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ZorixOS tracks 261 community-reported Goldman Sachs interview questions, drawn from an open-source dataset of real interview reports and sorted by how frequently each one comes up. Every question links to its source. Alongside them are 78 original ZorixOS practice questions written in Goldman Sachs's known interview style (not claimed as asked at Goldman Sachs), so you can rehearse the real format. Practice any of them out loud in a free AI mock interview tuned to Goldman Sachs.

Updated July 2026

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What candidates consistently report about the loop, so nothing surprises you on the day.

  • Structured, professional loops: markets awareness plus behavioral depth.

Goldman Sachs interview questions candidates report

Community-reported from real Goldman Sachs interviews (open-source dataset), most-asked first. Showing 60 of 261. Each links to its source.

  1. Trapping Rain Water
    ArrayTwo PointersDynamic ProgrammingStack
    Hard100% asked
  2. Median of Two Sorted Arrays
    ArrayBinary SearchDivide and Conquer
    Hard80% asked
  3. First Unique Character in a String
    Hash TableStringQueueCounting
    Easy79% asked
  4. Design HashMap
    ArrayHash TableLinked ListDesign
    Easy78% asked
  5. Find the Winner of an Array Game
    ArraySimulation
    Medium78% asked
  6. Find the Winner of the Circular Game
    ArrayMathRecursionQueue
    Medium78% asked
  7. Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters
    Hash TableStringSliding Window
    Medium78% asked
  8. LRU Cache
    Hash TableLinked ListDesignDoubly-Linked List
    Medium78% asked
  9. Fraction to Recurring Decimal
    Hash TableMathString
    Medium77% asked
  10. High Five
    ArrayHash TableSortingHeap (Priority Queue)
    Easy76% asked
  11. Container With Most Water
    ArrayTwo PointersGreedy
    Medium73% asked
  12. String Compression
    Two PointersString
    Medium73% asked
  13. Minimum Path Sum
    ArrayDynamic ProgrammingMatrix
    Medium70% asked
  14. Robot Bounded In Circle
    MathStringSimulation
    Medium62% asked
  15. Merge Intervals
    ArraySorting
    Medium62% asked
  16. Minimum Initial Energy to Finish Tasks
    ArrayGreedySorting
    Hard62% asked
  17. Decode Ways
    StringDynamic Programming
    Medium59% asked
  18. Group Anagrams
    ArrayHash TableStringSorting
    Medium58% asked
  19. Find Minimum in Rotated Sorted Array
    ArrayBinary Search
    Medium57% asked
  20. Number of Islands
    ArrayDepth-First SearchBreadth-First SearchUnion-Find
    Medium57% asked
  21. Search in Rotated Sorted Array
    ArrayBinary Search
    Medium57% asked
  22. Daily Temperatures
    ArrayStackMonotonic Stack
    Medium57% asked
  23. Robot Return to Origin
    StringSimulation
    Easy57% asked
  24. Valid Arrangement of Pairs
    ArrayDepth-First SearchGraph TheoryEulerian Circuit
    Hard57% asked
  25. 3Sum
    ArrayTwo PointersSorting
    Medium56% asked
  26. Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock
    ArrayDynamic Programming
    Easy56% asked
  27. Sqrt(x)
    MathBinary Search
    Easy56% asked
  28. Better Compression of String
    Hash TableStringSortingCounting
    Medium55% asked
  29. Knight Probability in Chessboard
    Dynamic Programming
    Medium55% asked
  30. Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock II
    ArrayDynamic ProgrammingGreedy
    Medium55% asked
  31. Two Sum
    ArrayHash Table
    Easy54% asked
  32. Pairs of Songs With Total Durations Divisible by 60
    ArrayHash TableCounting
    Medium53% asked
  33. Find the Minimum Amount of Time to Brew Potions
    ArraySimulationPrefix Sum
    Medium51% asked
  34. Corporate Flight Bookings
    ArrayPrefix Sum
    Medium50% asked
  35. Minimum Length of String After Deleting Similar Ends
    Two PointersString
    Medium50% asked
  36. Minimum Moves to Capture The Queen
    MathEnumeration
    Medium50% asked
  37. Kth Largest Element in an Array
    ArrayDivide and ConquerSortingHeap (Priority Queue)
    Medium49% asked
  38. Permutations III
    ArrayBacktracking
    Medium49% asked
  39. Maximum Subarray
    ArrayDivide and ConquerDynamic Programming
    Medium49% asked
  40. Minimum Cost Homecoming of a Robot in a Grid
    ArrayGreedy
    Medium49% asked
  41. Range Product Queries of Powers
    ArrayBit ManipulationPrefix Sum
    Medium49% asked
  42. Shortest Subarray with Sum at Least K
    ArrayBinary SearchQueueSliding Window
    Hard49% asked
  43. Capacity To Ship Packages Within D Days
    ArrayBinary Search
    Medium47% asked
  44. Max Area of Island
    ArrayDepth-First SearchBreadth-First SearchUnion-Find
    Medium47% asked
  45. Minimum Window Substring
    Hash TableStringSliding Window
    Hard47% asked
  46. Pascal's Triangle
    ArrayDynamic Programming
    Easy47% asked
  47. Roman to Integer
    Hash TableMathString
    Easy47% asked
  48. Shortest Bridge
    ArrayDepth-First SearchBreadth-First SearchMatrix
    Medium47% asked
  49. Top K Frequent Elements
    ArrayHash TableDivide and ConquerSorting
    Medium47% asked
  50. Unique Paths
    MathDynamic ProgrammingCombinatorics
    Medium47% asked
  51. Count Collisions of Monkeys on a Polygon
    MathRecursion
    Medium47% asked
  52. Count Number of Texts
    Hash TableMathStringDynamic Programming
    Medium47% asked
  53. Count Palindromic Subsequences
    StringDynamic Programming
    Hard47% asked
  54. Determine if Two Events Have Conflict
    ArrayString
    Easy47% asked
  55. Find All Good Indices
    ArrayDynamic ProgrammingPrefix Sum
    Medium47% asked
  56. Keep Multiplying Found Values by Two
    ArrayHash TableSortingSimulation
    Easy47% asked
  57. Maximize Palindrome Length From Subsequences
    StringDynamic Programming
    Hard47% asked
  58. Minimum Falling Path Sum
    ArrayDynamic ProgrammingMatrix
    Medium47% asked
  59. Minimum Number of Chairs in a Waiting Room
    StringSimulation
    Easy47% asked
  60. Perform String Shifts
    ArrayMathString
    Easy47% asked

These are the 60 most-reported of 261 tracked Goldman Sachs questions. Create a free account to drill the full set with solutions and an AI interviewer.

Practice questions in Goldman Sachs's style

Original ZorixOS questions written the way Goldman Sachs interviews, so you rehearse the real format. Not claimed as asked at Goldman Sachs.

  1. Imagine a scenario where our real-time trade execution platform experiences a sudden, unexplained latency spike impacting a significant number of transactions. Describe how you would approach debugging this issue, from initial diagnosis to resolution, considering the scale and criticality of financial markets.

    Software EngineerSystem DebuggingTests: Evaluates systematic problem-solving, understanding of distributed systems under pressure, and ability to handle critical production incidents.

  2. Goldman Sachs is exploring the development of a new client portal that integrates portfolio management, research, and trading capabilities. Outline the key architectural considerations for building a scalable and secure microservices-based system to support this portal.

    Software EngineerSystem DesignTests: Assesses understanding of distributed system architecture, scalability, security, and best practices for modern financial technology.

  3. We are considering using a new in-memory database technology to accelerate market data retrieval for our trading desks. Discuss the trade-offs, potential risks, and how you would integrate and test such a technology within our existing infrastructure.

    Software EngineerTechnology Evaluation & IntegrationTests: Tests technical judgment, risk assessment, and practical considerations for adopting new technologies in a regulated environment.

  4. A critical batch process for reconciling trades has started failing intermittently. Walk through your process for identifying the root cause, considering potential issues like data corruption, network partitions, or upstream service failures.

    Software EngineerTroubleshooting Batch ProcessingTests: Evaluates methodical debugging skills, understanding of data integrity, and experience with complex batch job failures.

  5. Design a system to monitor the health and performance of thousands of microservices powering our trading applications. What metrics would you track, how would you set up alerts, and what tools would you consider?

    Software EngineerMonitoring & ObservabilityTests: Assesses knowledge of system monitoring best practices, key performance indicators for distributed systems, and alerting strategies.

  6. Write a SQL query to identify the top 5 clients by trading volume in the last quarter, broken down by asset class, for our institutional clients.

    Data ScientistSQL & Data AnalysisTests: Tests proficiency in SQL and ability to extract meaningful business insights from transactional data.

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