Let’s address the elephant in the boardroom. If you scour Reddit (r/financialcareers, r/consulting), Wall Street Oasis, or Dark Web forums, you will find links claiming to be the "Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Training Manual."
However, be warned:
You cannot legally obtain the confidential manual. But you can train like a Goldman analyst using public sources. In fact, many former Goldman VPs have created courses that are better than the internal manual because they include modern Excel shortcuts and real-world errors. Let’s address the elephant in the boardroom
Here is your extra quality alternative syllabus: The "training manual" is essentially the skeleton key
Goldman is infamous for its obsessive formatting. An "extra quality" guide would reveal: Wall Street Oasis
First, it's important to clarify what the actual document is. Historically, Goldman Sachs—like other bulge bracket banks (Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, etc.)—provided new hires (typically Summer Analysts and First-Year Analysts) with an internal training manual. These manuals are not glossy textbooks; they are dense, spiral-bound or PDF documents filled with:
The "training manual" is essentially the skeleton key to the Goldman way of thinking. It is designed to turn a smart college graduate into a functioning deal machine in 6–8 weeks.