Goldman Sachs: Equity derivatives marketing (off-cycle internship)

Question:

What is different about Goldman Sachs?

Answer:

Goldman Sachs has an extraordinary entrepreneurial culture. The company is divided

into small teams, who collaborate and compete with each other for achieve the best results.

It makes the environment very competitive but also pushes the company in general to perform excellently.

Nevertheless, no-matter how busy someone is - he or she will always find time to explain and help a colleague.

Question:

Why are you interested in derivatives ?

Answer

I am interested in derivatives due to my mathematical background. I like complexity and to be mentally challenged. Derivatives give me the dynamic and complexity I desire from s position.

Question:

What do you think about our derivatives website ?

Answer

Goldman Sachs derivatives website has it positive and negative sides. It is easy to follow, but its misses visual attractiveness.

It has a very strong academic section with a lot of interesting information and an excellent prospectus design.

Question:

Which Financial Media do you follow ?

Question:

What is moving the markets in the moment ?

Question:

Which structured product would you issue in the current market conditions ?

Question:

Explain the greeks for Options ?

Question:

Draw me a payoff profile for Auto-callable, Digital, Asia option and Bonus certificate.

Question:

What is a square root of 0.1

Question:

Is gold expensive or cheap ?

Question:

Explain the assumption behind Black-Scholes

Question:

How do you determine when to enter or exit the market from a chart?

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