She also doubled down on what she called the U.S.’s market preeminence: Though things look uncertain and unstable now, the U.S. is still tough to beat on a number of metrics, including productivity and corporate management. “From an investment perspective, from an economic perspective, we say the U.S. is preeminent, and those factors are not going to get affected by any one administration.”
Mossavar-Rahmani also discussed what Goldman looks for in job candidates. A base level of education is good, she says, but better still that the person is passionate about something. She will often look for the “less common things” on a candidate’s résumé, and dig deeper into those during multiple rounds of interviews.
“Years and years ago, somebody said, ‘Don’t always hire the most intelligent person, hire somebody who is intelligent enough, but has a great attitude.’ And that has actually always stayed with me,” she said. “You need to have somebody who’s incredibly enthusiastic, somebody who’s passionate, and, more than anything, somebody who’s intellectually curious.”
Alicia Adamczyk
alicia.adamczyk@fortune.com
