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%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Citadel in Jul 2019
Interview
* 45 minute phone interview with one technical question (leetcode medium) followed by standard question and answer in remaining 10 minutes. Expect to compile / debug solution.
* 5 round interview onsite. Questions varied from analytical, purely match or algorithms questions to more data structure / implementation heavy questions. Each one follows a similar structure to the phone screen with slightly harder questions. Final interview is with a manager or team lead. Everyone I met seemed driven, smart and invested in their work. The interview process is smooth. The travel arrangements and accommodations are excellent.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
* Implement some basic concurrent data structures in C++.
* Design questions and some analysis for building a high throughput data pipeline
* C++-specific mock code review, specific questions about the language paradigms (CRTP, STL structures etc.)
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