I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Citadel (New York, NY) in Mar 2018
Interview
online test and phone interview. The online test includes questions about machine learning models, brain teasers and some probability questions. The phone interview I got is a technical one.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions such as when faced a certain type of dataset, which model will you choose?
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Citadel (Chicago, IL) in Mar 2015
Interview
Two phone interviews about statistics, probability and basic knowledge of finance, in addition to some basic personality questions, such as "Why are you interested in finance?". After that, I received an email about an on-site interview at Chicago. During the interview, I met different group members in the team, and each group member asked challenging technical questions.
Summer Quantitative Research applicants have rated the interview process at Citadel with 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 Summer Quantitative Research roles take an average of 1 day 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 Summer Quantitative Research according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 29%
Phone interview: 29%
Group panel interview: 14%
Background check: 14%
Skills test: 14%
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