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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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Citadel
Interview
I applied through the careers page. Received a 45-minutes telephone code-pair round scheduled for the next week.
The interviewer seemed really dull to talk to, typical of trading devs. Anyway, so it went decently well. There were 2 questions of which I completed the first and almost finished coding the second. I also managed to tell him the algorithm for the second which he said he was fine with.
Then for weeks, the recruiter literally ghosted me, she did not tell me the results despite sending multiple follow-ups each week, to which she always replied she would reply me back asap but would eventually forget. I was finally not offered but I just don't understand how hard is to follow a basic sense of decency and professionalism if you expect the same out from the candidates you interview. I have interviewed for many firms but this was so far the most terrible and inhumane experience I've had.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself.
2 coding questions - 1 LC Easy; 1 LC Medium.
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