{"id":16672,"date":"2025-06-28T08:28:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T08:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/?p=16672"},"modified":"2025-06-28T08:28:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T08:28:58","slug":"goldman-sachs-internship-acceptance-harder-than-harvard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/28\/goldman-sachs-internship-acceptance-harder-than-harvard\/","title":{"rendered":"Goldman Sachs Internship Acceptance Harder Than Harvard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Goldman Sachs&#8217; famed summer internship program began last week. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldmansachs.com\/careers\/blog\">10-week<\/a> program allows college students to &#8220;spend the summer learning from the firm&#8217;s leaders, working on the most consequential challenges in finance, and growing as professionals,&#8221; according to the company.<\/p>\n<p>But you&#8217;ll have an easier time getting accepted into Harvard University than becoming a Goldman Sachs summer intern. While Harvard boasted a low <a href=\"https:\/\/college.harvard.edu\/admissions\/admissions-statistics\">3.6% acceptance rate<\/a> for its undergraduate class of 2028, Goldman Sachs had an even lower acceptance rate for its 2025 summer internship: 0.7%.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/goldman-sachs-to-managers-move-to-dallas-salt-lake-city\/488131\" rel=\"\" target=\"_self\">Goldman Sachs Asks Some Managers to Move From Major Hubs Like New York City to Emerging Regions Like Dallas \u2014 Or Quit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over 360,000 global applicants applied for 2,600 seats in offices around the world, marking &#8220;the most competitive intern class&#8221; in the bank&#8217;s history, the firm noted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/goldman-sachs_welcome-to-the-2600-interns-joining-our-activity-7340380109129871361-XIoK\/\">LinkedIn post<\/a>. Over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldmansachs.com\/careers\/students\">500 schools<\/a> were represented, with more than 85 languages spoken among the accepted batch.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/embed\/feed\/update\/urn:li:ugcPost:7340380108165144577?compact=1\" title=\"Embedded post\" width=\"504\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Since David Solomon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldmansachs.com\/our-firm\/history\/moments\/2018-solomon-ceo\">took over<\/a> as Goldman Sachs CEO in 2018, the number of applicants for the bank&#8217;s coveted summer internship program has grown more than 300%, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/landing-goldman-sachs-internship-difficult-nasa-astronaut-acceptance\"><i>Fox Business<\/i><\/a>. Compared to a year ago, the applicant pool has expanded by 15%.<\/p>\n<p>Goldman isn&#8217;t the only bank with a less than 1% acceptance rate for its summer internship. JPMorgan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/goldman-internship-just-got-harder-summer-analyst-acceptance-rate-2024\">reported<\/a> receiving 493,000 applications last year for 4,000 seats, marking an acceptance rate of 0.8%.<\/p>\n<p>The interview process for Goldman internships involves <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/landing-goldman-sachs-internship-never-115743941.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAKGlLWtl5ktgkzeYKc3-u41pqVq49DpebhR6VdT5e7VevjiBXeqroEVBh7GZFoPcyrLA811unH2I1Rzb7Yyks4Xfw0fxk5gMbMJzrikDIPcWT3bv43yY3VDpm02Qp6jPUJqEXJZ5iRgqUcM9ypcU_cVWhoVSw5U5fyXcZXvQwq0\">two steps<\/a>: First, a 30-minute video interview with HireVue, and second, a &#8220;superday&#8221; final round of interviews with two to five interviewers. Engineering candidates additionally have to pass an online skills assessment.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glassdoor.com\/Interview\/Goldman-Sachs-Intern-Interview-Questions-EI_IE2800.0,13_KO14,20.htm\">Glassdoor<\/a>, interns were asked questions like &#8220;Walk me through your resume,&#8221; &#8220;Explain banking like you were five,&#8221; and &#8220;Why Goldman Sachs?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Related: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/goldman-sachs-cio-tells-engineers-to-study-philosophy\/472991\" rel=\"\" target=\"_self\">Goldman Sachs CIO Says Coders Should Take Philosophy Classes \u2014 Here&#8217;s Why<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The application process for Goldman&#8217;s intern program begins over a year in advance, in the spring of the previous year. Final round interviews are already underway for candidates for next year&#8217;s internship class. Applicants have typically completed their junior year of college by the time the internship starts, making them sophomores at the time they apply.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s harder than landing an internship at JPMorgan or Goldman Sachs? Being a NASA astronaut, which only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/22\/science\/nasa-astronauts-victor-glover-elon-musk.html\">accepted<\/a> 10 out of 12,000 applicants when it opened up selection in 2020, for an acceptance rate of 0.083%.<\/p>\n<p>Goldman Sachs stock was <a href=\"https:\/\/g.co\/finance\/GS:NYSE\">up over 20%<\/a> year-to-date.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"first-letter:float-left first-letter:text-8xl first-letter:pr-1 first-letter:-mt-1 first-letter:font-black first-letter:text-gray-500 prose prose-blue max-w-3xl text-lg leading-relaxed mb-12\">\n<p>Goldman Sachs&#8217; famed summer internship program began last week. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldmansachs.com\/careers\/blog\">10-week<\/a> program allows college students to &#8220;spend the summer learning from the firm&#8217;s leaders, working on the most consequential challenges in finance, and growing as professionals,&#8221; according to the company.<\/p>\n<p>But you&#8217;ll have an easier time getting accepted into Harvard University than becoming a Goldman Sachs summer intern. While Harvard boasted a low <a href=\"https:\/\/college.harvard.edu\/admissions\/admissions-statistics\">3.6% acceptance rate<\/a> for its undergraduate class of 2028, Goldman Sachs had an even lower acceptance rate for its 2025 summer internship: 0.7%.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/goldman-sachs-to-managers-move-to-dallas-salt-lake-city\/488131\" rel=\"\" target=\"_self\">Goldman Sachs Asks Some Managers to Move From Major Hubs Like New York City to Emerging Regions Like Dallas \u2014 Or Quit<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"justify-center bg-gray-100 flex flex-col sm:flex-row rounded-lg p-6 align-middle sm:text-left text-center\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col justify-center align-middle mr-0 sm:mr-16\">\n<p class=\"text-sm leading-5 my-0\">\n      The rest of this article is locked.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"text-xl text-black font-bold leading-5 my-1\">\n      Join Entrepreneur<span class=\"text-yellow-500\">+<\/span> today for access.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/goldman-sachs-internship-acceptance-harder-than-harvard\/493960\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goldman Sachs&#8217; famed summer internship program began last week. The 10-week program allows college students to &#8220;spend the summer learning from the firm&#8217;s leaders, working on the most consequential challenges in finance, and growing as professionals,&#8221; according to the company. But you&#8217;ll have an easier time getting accepted into Harvard University than becoming a Goldman [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16673,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/assets.entrepreneur.com\/content\/3x2\/2000\/1751055482-David-Solomon-GettyImages-2212006768.jpg?format=pjeg&auto=webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16674,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16672\/revisions\/16674"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}