I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Citadel
Interview
Had six interviews for an internship position, overall a very positive experience: interesting discussions and friendly people. Got an automated rejection after the 6th interview. Felt quite frustrated because it would be fair to give at least some kind of feedback after being that deep in the interviewing process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A lot of conversations about projects in CV with different interviewers.
you don't know what division you will get into before you start the interview rounds. I was with fixed income and was asked very advanced questions about fixed income and central banking in the first round. Then in the second round was with 3 other traders individually, first math questions, second again FI quant questions and last one was very casual.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
calculate the sharpe ratio of a 60/40 coin toss with +1$ / -1$ earning/loss respectively.
Coding round, Hacker rank questions. Definitely helps to prepare on Leetcode for a few days before the interview, do review all data structures and aim to write efficient code that's easy to read.
I applied online. I interviewed at Citadel (Paris)
Interview
Pretty simple questions about my CV and personal statement, followed by a math tes on statistics and probability and ended with a firendly discussion regarding my plans for the future in terms of career, life and general goals.
Internship applicants have rated the interview process at Citadel with 3.5 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 Internship roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 10 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 Internship according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 38%
Drug test: 15%
One on one interview: 15%
Presentation: 8%
Background check: 8%
Skills test: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
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