What Goldman Sachs Look for When Hiring

In this video I talk about some of the key characteristics and personality traits that Goldman Sachs looks for when hiring candidates to join the company. As always, thanks for taking the time to watch this video. It’ll mean a lot if you can give it a thumbs up and subscribe. Thanks and enjoy! 

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04:36 Work ethic
05:55 Dress, confidence and self-esteem
06:58 Humility and likeability
07:48 Timing is on your side

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What Goldman Sachs Look for When Hiring

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[biancasanchez]

"Ok this person got an interview so they're clearly bright" THANK YOU!! You have no idea how much that helped me lol.

[christophermonin]

I recently found your channel, and I love it! Thank you so much for your advice and knowledge. I’m currently pursuing an MS in Finance and trying to break into the industry!

[ameliab]

Ugh your videos are the best. Thank you for blessing YouTube with your knowledge~

[jack..]

Tomorrow I have an telephone interview for JPMorgan apprenticeship. Have been watching this channel for about a year and it made me consider apprenticeship path aswell as university.

[Meyouletsgo]

I have an interview with Goldman Sachs tomorrow ! Wish me luck

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This video was amazing! Thanks for the advice at the end of this not being the end-all, be-all. I'm very nervous for my upcoming interview lol

[hannahz]

Just running into this video, but would still love to see an explanation on Marcus!

[GZThreaTz]

Thanks for your videos! I am in the midst of applying to a job I have been interested in

[RM-kpoh]

Hi, thank you!!! would really appreciate it if you could do a video talking about State Street or companies like that~~

[georgeaxiotidis]

Hey Afzal! My name is George and I have this question for you. You mention during the video that in order to be employed by Goldman or Morgan you have to be bright. Can you define bright? How can you calculate how bright you are? EQ? IQ? GPA? Business School graduate? Which are the traits so someone can be considered to be bright for a top tier IB? @AfzalHusein

[ananyamisra]

Your videos are a gem. So, I started preparing for CFA and aim at landing IB jobs. Thanks a ton for setting the guiding path. Also, I've sent you a connection request on LinkedIn. Please accept. Thanks.

[davidgoat]

Can you do video on the general contract terms in investment banking? Like how many hours per year, lock in contracts, employee share schemes, performance reviews, incentives etc...Cheers

[kebeiloesello]

Hi Afzal. Thank you so much for this insightful video into the world of Goldman Sachs, and what they look for.

I think it would quite easy for them to assess whether an individual has the requisite hard skills for the job.

Much appreciated🙏🏾

[priyasaxena]

Hey Afzal Hussain! Thankyou for valuable content that your channel provides everytime. Keep posting such videos. As you always write "if your are 18-24 years old", I really want to know will it be so late if someone starts at the age of 24 or so in the IB career? I mean is it not a wise idea to start after attaining 24 years of age. Please reply ASAP.

[ABIRBEATS]

Excellent video great information 👌🏾👌🏾

[syedtaqvi]

Salaam Afzal,
Can you make videos centered on Breaking into & excelling in JPMorgan WMgmt or AMgmt? Thanks 🙏

[tejaswinikhandekar]

Could you please make a video on how to apply for Goldman Sachs online like what to write on in your application that will make you stand apart from other thousands of applicants, because this is the first step right, if I clear this then and then only I'll get a call for interview so please make a video on how to write your application while applying to Goldman Sachs what all to write in it, how to make it attractive and give it a higher edge and make it stand out from other applications

[lkrishna]

hello afzal, would you please make a video on the responsibilities of quants in an investment bank and about the different roles and responsibilties in a data science division?

[elisabeth]

Hi if I got an invitation an insight day on site, should I come ? Thanks

[vikasvaryani]

Sir i am pursuing my ca and interested in hedge and portfolio management but not posses any practile exposure, do it will act negative while interview