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Goldman and other investment banks are having a tough time recruiting top university graduates--the pull of tech companies is getting too great.

I'd imagine this is a way for Goldman to try and differentiate themselves from other banking firms in the fight for new hires.

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FWIW: the Goldman recruiters at my school perked up when I said I was in computer science. They went over the "fun" stuff that their interns got to do (baseball games, travel, etc) rather than in any of the problems we would be working on. Seemed off-putting and made me question what kind of work environment it would be (who wants to develop in a suit?).

I ended cancelling the interview with Goldman and going with another company in the finance sector that has a long (decades) reputation of being genuinely great to employees.

Which company did you go to?

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