I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Citadel (Hong Kong) in Nov 2017
Interview
Phone interview with HR, jus go through the resume and some behavior questions. And what programming languages do you use most? Did you get a return offer? what offers do you have now?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Citadel (New York, NY) in Dec 2017
Interview
I first applied online for the quant trader position. After resume review, I got emailed a link to a one hour online assessment about machine learning algorithms and some other math problems. Following that, I was scheduled for a technical phone screen with probability problems and some mental math.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Which would you use XYZ algorithm or ABC algorithm on a dataset like this?
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Citadel in Feb 2016
Interview
Phone interview of 45 mn. Of you suceed then you are invited to the assessment centre on their site. Applied online and via an offer given to my MSc. I was asked to present myself, my experiences, my cv then just few probabilities questions with hard ones. I didn't get an offer for the second step.
Quant Trader applicants have rated the interview process at Citadel with 3 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 Quant Trader roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 2 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 Quant Trader according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 67%
Presentation: 33%
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