Trader applicants have rated the interview process at Citadel with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Trader roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 18 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 Trader according to 18 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 45%
Phone interview: 18%
Presentation: 18%
Drug test: 9%
Skills test: 9%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Citadel (London, England) in Feb 2017
Interview
First a phone interview, then into the London Office
Spoke on the phone with a woman from HR, then met with the head of the Fixed Income trading desk I was applying for
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Citadel
Why a hedge fund
The greeks of trading
Quick overview of company, behavioral, questions about current role. Nothing surprising or tricky, just be prepared to talk about what you want to do for the next stage of your career.
2/5. The interviewer was not paying enough attention on the candidates. He was looking at this monitor all the time, and ignore what I said. Pretty standard trader question. i.e. bid-ask spread
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Suppose you flip a coin 100 times. You want to bet on the number of heads. What is the bid ask you give. What is 10000 times?
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Citadel
Interview
3 rounds, easy difficulty. Probability, brain teasers and questions around basic arithmetic. Anyone who has prepared the bare minimum can pass, but need targeted practice. Refer to Glassdoor, reddit etc for more .
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself, basic expected value questions