I'm curious - have you interviewed at a financial company too?
I know for a fact that most public accounts of Google interviews are wrong. I have no reason to believe that public accounts of financial company interviews are right. I just assume that everything I read on the Internet is wrong until proven right. ;-)
FWIW, my Google interview was much harder than my two interviews with financial software startups. But I'm not certain if those startups are representative of the financial industry as a whole. Things might be different at Goldman, or hedge funds, or PE.
I know for a fact that most public accounts of Google interviews are wrong. I have no reason to believe that public accounts of financial company interviews are right. I just assume that everything I read on the Internet is wrong until proven right. ;-)
FWIW, my Google interview was much harder than my two interviews with financial software startups. But I'm not certain if those startups are representative of the financial industry as a whole. Things might be different at Goldman, or hedge funds, or PE.