Goldman Sachs internships have 0.7% acceptance rate with 360,000 applicants

The internal exercises of Coldman Sachs are among the most difficult courses in the financing sector, with less than 1 % of applicants in the desired summer center.

However, this did not prevent more than 360,000 people from all over the world from progress. Only 2,600 of them, or 0.7 %, were accepted in the training category 2025.

Although it is not impossible, the possibilities are increasingly stacked against candidates as the group of applicants continued to grow under the leadership of CEO David Solomon.

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While the number of applicants has grown by 15 % compared to the past year, more than 300 % has risen since Suleiman took the leadership in 2018, according to Suleiman.

Last week, the group received from the trainees at Goldman Sachs offices all over the world was welcomed, as “they will spend the summer learning from the company’s leaders, and work on the most proud of financing and growth as professionals,” according to LinkedIn’s website.

However, the 2026 category is already selected. The company started the final rounds of the candidates, usually in their year in the second year of the college, with ahead of 2026 earlier this year.

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It is not uncommon in the financial sector that the trainees face sharp possibilities. For example, more than 490,000 candidates apply for training in JPMorgan 2024, only 4000 have been accepted, which is an acceptance rate less than 1 %, according to several reports.

David Solomon, CEO of Goldman Sachs, during an interview with “David Robinstein’s show: Nazeer talks” in New York, on August 6, 2024. (Jeenah Moon / Bloomberg Via / Getty Images)

Citadel, a hedge box founded by Kenneth Griffin, accepted only 0.4 % of applicants for the 2025 summer trainee program, according to Business Insider.

The possibilities of obtaining a place in one of these financial institutions are similar to acceptance to be the NASA astronaut. NASA has an incredibly strict selection process and a comprehensive list of requirements. It only opens the application cycle every four years.

Goldman Sachs headquarters in New York on July 22, 2021. (Michael Nagle / Bloomberg Via / Getty Images)

In 2020, more than 12,000 people submitted requests to become astronauts, only 10 of them were chosen, equivalent to the acceptance rate of 0.083 %, according to the Seattle Times.

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In order to be considered, candidates already need to obtain a master’s degree in STEM, including engineering, biological sciences, physical sciences, computer science or mathematics, from an accredited institution, at least for a period of three years of related professional experience obtained after completing the degree, or 1,000 experimental hours with 850 of those hours in high performance of Jet aircraft.

For doctors, time can be counted in staying towards the experiment. All candidates must also complete the nASA long aviation astronaut.