Why complete this job simulation

A risk-free way to build your technical skills with us at Goldman Sachs. Complete example tasks and build your confidence to ace your applications.

At Goldman Sachs, we’re excited to equip learners like you with one of the most critical skills any professional in any industry should have: the ability to use Excel & spreadsheets.

With Excel and spreadsheets, professionals at Goldman Sachs are able to advise on some of the most transformative deals and business projects in the world - with some being in the hundreds of billions of dollars.

Throughout this job simulation and course, you’ll familiarize yourself with some of the tricks, patterns and tools professionals at Goldman Sachs use every day at work.

Benefits for students:

• No applications, self-paced and can participate from anywhere in the world
• Certificate of completion from Goldman Sachs awarded to those that complete the program recognizing the Excel skills demonstrated
• Come out of this program with a complete and professional Excel model that you can walk through employers and interviewers with

Skills you will learn and practice:
Excel
Cell Biology
Formatting, Comments and Naming
Assumption Analysis
Financial Forecasting
Financial Statement Analysis
Cash Flow Modeling
Data Visualization

How it works

Complete tasks guided by pre-recorded videos and example answers from our team at Goldman Sachs. No live sessions, all self-paced.
Earn a certificate and add it to your resume and LinkedIn as an extra curricular activity.
Stand out in applications. Confidently answer interview questions and explain how you have the right skills for our team.
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Tasks in this program

Task One: Basic Excel Skills
30-60 mins
Introductory
Understand key shortcuts and functionalities in Excel related to banking and finance
What you'll learn
  • An overview of Excel shortcuts including data selection, editing, and formatting.
What you'll do
  • Practice the key Excel shortcuts after watching some video resources. 

Reviews

Over 20900
5 Star Reviews
"I like the template that you all use for this program, it's simple and easy to follow. Moreover, this program also help me to enhance my knowledge about shorcuts in excel to make the job done faster. Last but not least, it helped me to revise financial knowledge through the program. Thank you all for these efforts."-- Student from Foreign Trade University
"I like how the instructions were clear and there is still room for creativity with the answers. Moreover, being able to see what the standards were through the model answer was helpful as well."-- Student from Singapore Management University
"Great Experiencing a new field of work which gives a great deal of knowledge on how to forecast a business through its financial statements."-- Student from Chandigarh University
"This program is a great initiative started by Goldman Sachs....I learned so many things.....It contains Full Fledged Data Forcasting Case Study and Proper Calculation Procedure."-- Student from University of Delhi
"The program was very useful for me with lots of new skill learning and practicing them by completing the tasks."-- Student from Amity University
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