How does someone get a high paying job at Goldman Sachs without experience and 2 years of business college credits?

Question

Does someone have a good chance or at least some change of getting a call back for an interview should they apply for a position as an investment banker?

And if not then why is Goldman Sachs so publicized and important anyway if they don't hire anyone? Do they discriminate against young people from underclass backgrounds?

Answer 1

Any investment bank including those in the UK take only those with high academic qualifications This includes a first degree in maths or economics from a top University. There are also entrance exams and interviews.



Business college credits are nowhere near the entrance requirements.

Answer 2

Goldman Sachs, like all decent employers, states all their requirements on their website. Rather than blaming everyone else, why not go there and read it? Almost the first thing you will see is that they encourage people to apply for internships during their undergraduate years and that their recruitment is largely from that pool.



So start by reading. You will see that they like their applicants to have an academic major. They do their own training and never hire business undergraduates.

Answer 3

Very little chance. And no they don't discriminate against "underclass". There are two problems working - first GS has scaled back their investment banking branch which means fewer jobs. Second, they are looking for the best of the best, which means a four year degree in finance, economics, math, etc. Two years of general business does not get you there. It's not discrimination, it's called good business.

Answer 4

you need at LEAST a 4 yr college degree - probably in finance with very high grades and maybe even an MBA - they only hire the best qualified people