Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at Citadel with 3.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 39% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 75 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Citadel overall takes an average of 20 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Citadel as a Software Engineer(Internship) according to 75 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 24%
Skills test: 23%
One on one interview: 19%
Presentation: 11%
Other: 8%
Background check: 5%
Personality test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Group panel interview: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Citadel in Oct 2025
Interview
They are searching for top talents around the world and want that engineer to solve LeetCode medium / hard problems very quickly, and know basic concepts of computer science. Actually do not so hard
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Question 1
Asked about my project, Java vs C++, networking, and operating systems
Coded linked list sorter algorithm using quick sort, divided into three partitions: left (smaller than pivot), medium (equal to pivot), right (larger than pivot)
First did OA and only passed 1/2 questions, where the first one was probably a leetcode medium and the second one was an easy. Then got first round interview, which I havent done yet.
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Question 1
1st OA questions was I think a search problem and 2nd OA question was a dp problem.
First round 45 mins total with short behavior and technical. I had one question, which was a class design question using heap. Solved question in time but did not hear back.
OA, one technical round, technical superday (3 interviews), leadership call rounds (mix of technical and behavioral qs, typically 2 ro more calls). did not pass the leadership round, very high variance.
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Question 1
lots of OS, computer archictecture, c++, language internal topics