Quantitative Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Citadel with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Quantitative Developer roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 6 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 Quantitative Developer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Skills test: 25%
Phone interview: 17%
Presentation: 8%
Personality test: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
The recruiter gave a phone interview to me, mainly talking about the content on my resume. After a few days, the hiring manager interviewed me on the phone, talking about my interests and technical abilities. The further interviews are on the way. (I have to choose an option for "Did you get an offer" question, so I randomly choose one :D)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The hiring manager asked my about expected salary...
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Citadel (Houston, TX) in Sep 2023
Interview
10 min introduction involving resume run-through,
followed up by some short basic technical questions,
then 45 min coding problem (2 related parts, easy/medium difficulty, BFS algorithm)
interviewer was kind and helped
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions on websocket vs REST tradeoffs, questions on database design and optimization, analyzing time complexity of algorithms...
First round with the outside recruiter, and discuss the fit. Second round with a quant developer and ask a leetcode questions. Hiring timeline is extremely long and seems they just keep you around.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leet code type of question with time and space complexity.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Citadel (Boston, MA) in Jan 2022
Interview
Got referred by someone and had an asynchronous coding assessment first. Got invited for the first round of interview within a couple of weeks followed by a final 3 hour-long interview