I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Citadel
Interview
Dreadful. Had a great phone interview. Went in person. First interviewer asks me a couple of questions which went OK... then asks me about a subject & I reply I don't have a tonne of experience in -- which you can tell if you read my CV. So then he goes and they just leave me sitting there for 45 minutes while they found someone who was clearly giving me the "courtesy interview" before chucking me out of the building & then not even paying my expenses for going there!
Now, I don't mind they rejected me for not having deep experience in that subject -- that's fine. No point in doing something that's not a good fit and I got three offers out of this round of interviewing anyway.
It's that they could have asked me about that on the phone (or *read my CV*) & saved everyone's time. And as for acting as arseholes through the interview -- that's VERY poor performance from what's supposed to be a top-tier employer. Haven't had an interview experience that bad since I was looking for a job in retail as a kid.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Detailed knowledge of a specialist JavaScript library.
Really awful interview experience, the people didn't explain anything that was happening and it was all really corporate. I wouldn't apply again and from what I've heard from friends the work culture is very stressful there anyway.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Citadel
Interview
I was reached out by a recruiter to interview for a contractor position on a trading team. The question they asked was strange and nothing to do with the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Convert a string to an int without using Java library.
Online assessment with 3 coding questions on bfs and stacks etc.
First round on a simple coding question with some basic CS questions on top of it and also asked many CV questions and motivations
Did not proceed after this round
Software Engineer 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 36% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 147 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 according to 147 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
One on one interview: 24%
Skills test: 18%
Presentation: 11%
Group panel interview: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Personality test: 4%
Background check: 3%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 1%
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