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Goldman Sachs Placement Experience

Gold man Sachs

Test on 30 November 2007 at IIT Bombay

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The test contains three sections

Initial section aptitude questions 30 qs 30 minutes

Next one technical –programming and algorithmic skills

Third one essay – Is Indian President a rubber stamp?

Programming questions:

write a function to check whether two strings are anagrams of each other
Write an efficient algorithm to multiply two numbers using addition or subtraction only

Aptitude:

Contained statement conclusion/argument type questions and quantitative ability type questions

Sample questions

1. Say whether the argument for the given question is strong or weak

Should loyalty be the only criteria for promotion is job?

Argument 1: Yes No company can survive without loyal people

Argument 2: No this will lead to partiality and hypocrisy

2. Some dogs bite. All dogs bark

a) All dogs bite

b) Barking dogs do not bite

etc

A person sells milk with 20 % profit. If he adds 10 % water into that by how much percentage will the profit increase?
Find the next number in the sequence

5 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 Options: 8 or 7 or 9 or 10

5.AEZ:EIY:: EOX:?

Ans : OUW

6.The ratio of the age of father and son is now x:y .After 5 years the ratio is 5:2.What is the present age of son?

The answer is in terms of x and y

7. Typist A types a sheet in 6 minutes B in 7 minutes and C in 9 minutes How many sheets typed by these three in 1 hour?

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