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Goldman Sachs Psychometric Tests Prep
Goldman Sachs sifts candidates through HackerRank, engineering and Strats tracks only before any interview. Below: the exact format, what each section tests, and how to practise it in identical conditions until you walk in confident.
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The format
What Goldman Sachs's psychometric test actually looks like
There is no separate psychometric stage for Goldman's business tracks. A cleared application goes straight to the HireVue video interview, and the assessment centre follows that. Engineering and Strats candidates are the exception.
Timed sections
Most psychometric tests split into 3-5 sections, each with its own clock. Speed and accuracy both count.
Adaptive difficulty
Modern formats get harder if you answer correctly, easier if you struggle. Your final score reflects what you can actually do under time pressure.
Pass mark
Goldman Sachs sets a pass mark per test type. Below it, you don't progress regardless of how strong the rest of your application is.
Completion window. Not applicable to business tracks. Engineering and Strats candidates receive their coding assessment with a completion window stated in the invitation, and it is worth starting it early rather than against the deadline.
By division. Investment Banking, Markets, Asset and Wealth Management, Operations, Controllers and Compliance sit no online test. Engineering and Strats candidates sit a HackerRank coding assessment instead, which is the only online assessment in Goldman's graduate funnel.
Recent changes. This page previously described an SHL Verify G+ and OPQ32 battery for business tracks. That was wrong, and it was corrected on 15 August 2026. If you prepared against it, the time is not wasted, general numerical and verbal practice still helps at interview, but there is no such test to sit here.
The provider
What Goldman Sachs actually buys
Goldman Sachs configures its own selection of HackerRank, engineering and Strats tracks only modules. Below: the exact products in the suite, why they were chosen, and what the provider's reputation is across the candidate pool.
Modules in the suite
- HackerRank coding assessment (Engineering and Strats)
History at Goldman Sachs. Goldman uses HackerRank for technical hiring. Business and revenue tracks are assessed through the HireVue and the assessment centre rather than a psychometric battery.
Candidate reputation. A standard coding platform, so the interface will be familiar to anyone who has sat a technical screen elsewhere. The difficulty sits in the time pressure rather than anything unusual about the tooling.
Section breakdown
What each part of the Goldman Sachs assessment tests
Each section has its own format, timer and trap pattern. Worked examples below show exactly what you will see and where candidates drop points.
HackerRank coding assessment
What it tests. Data structures, algorithms and writing code that passes hidden test cases under time pressure.
How to handle it. Get a correct brute-force solution committed before optimising. A working slow answer scores; an elegant unfinished one does not.
How to practise
How to prepare for Goldman Sachs's screen
Goldman Sachs's online screen is a technical test (coding or quant), not a psychometric battery. A reasoning demo here would misrepresent what you'll face.
Focus your prep on the coding platform the firm names in its invite, and use Intervyo to sharpen the interview rounds that follow.
Why candidates fail
How candidates lose Goldman Sachs's assessment
Specific failure patterns documented across past applicants. Most are avoidable with structured preparation.
- 1
Preparing for a test that is not there
The most expensive mistake on this stage is spending a fortnight on numerical and verbal practice for a battery Goldman does not run on business tracks. That fortnight belongs to the HireVue, which every applicant does sit and which is where most candidates are actually cut.
- 2
Treating the HackerRank as an afterthought
Engineering candidates sometimes leave it until the last day of the window. It is the only automated filter in the technical funnel, so it decides whether a human ever reads the application.
What works
What separates the candidates who pass
Concrete habits drilled by candidates who clear the cut-off, drawn from applicant accounts and practice patterns.
Move straight to HireVue preparation
Once the application is in, the next thing that happens is a recorded video interview. Preparing for that is the highest-value use of the waiting period.
Practice strategy
Where to drill the Goldman Sachs format
Business tracks should skip psychometric practice for Goldman specifically and prepare for the HireVue and the assessment centre. Engineering candidates should practise timed coding problems.
Time investment. Business tracks: none on aptitude tests for this firm. Engineering: a few timed coding sessions in the week before the window opens.
Time management
Five moves that protect your score
- 01Set your own clock per question. Divide section time by question count. Move on when you hit your per-question budget, even if you are mid-thought.
- 02Read the question before the chart. Half the work in numerical is finding the right number in a table. Knowing what you are looking for cuts the time in half.
- 03Use "Cannot Say" generously. Verbal reasoning rewards strict reading. If the passage does not say it, the answer is "Cannot Say", not your own inference.
- 04Skip the impossible ones. Most tests do not penalise wrong answers more than skips. If you cannot see it in 20 seconds, flag and move on.
- 05Practise the exact format, not a generic stand-in. HackerRank, engineering and Strats tracks only has its own rhythm, and a generic reasoning test is not the same. Intervyo's simulation is calibrated to this format, so you rehearse the real thing under real timing rather than a generic aptitude set.
FAQ
Goldman Sachs Psychometric Tests questions, answered
Not on the business and revenue tracks. The application is followed by a HireVue video interview and then an assessment centre. Engineering and Strats candidates sit a HackerRank coding assessment.
The other rounds
The rest of the Goldman Sachs process
Psychometric Tests is one of four rounds. The Pack covers all four end to end.
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