Stephen

I was studying Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. My resume was included in my school’s resume (or CV) book, which they sent to companies. I returned to my dorm one day to find my roommates (all business school students) jumping up and down in a frenzy: I had received a call from Goldman Sachs for an interview. And quite seriously, I hadn’t even heard of Goldman Sachs. My world was more techie – IBM and Microsoft. But I knew I had to go for the interview. That ultimately led to my first summer internship, which was then followed by a second summer internship and then a full time role in the Technology graduate programme a year later.

I interviewed with a number of different companies, both technological and financial – but ultimately thought the prospects that Goldman Sachs offered were the most interesting. And I was charmed by the environment and the people. When I first joined, I think my team treated me like a younger brother and yet, at the same time, also made it clear that I had a lot to contribute.