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 through a staffing agency. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Citadel (London, England) in Apr 2020
Interview
Surreal.. 5 very easy tech screenings (all very similar, testing the same JS knowledge over and over except for one that tested react). They asked to redo one interview without giving any particular reason. Got positive feedback and proceeded to an offer, asked to provide a bunch of documents, had two more interviews with hiring managers, got in touch with people to get their references, negotiated compensation package and accepted it.
Then they disappeared, and a week later I know through the recruiting agency that the CTO decided not to sign the offer because he didn’t like ‘something on the technical feedback’. Imagine what a nightmare of top down, micromanaging culture there must be if this person that I didn’t have any interaction with and I wouldn’t have worked directly with can completely disregard his employees opinions and has so much say in the hiring process. By far the most unprofessional, opaque and overall worst hiring experience I’ve participated in in my career.
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