Quantitative Trader applicants have rated the interview process at Citadel with 3.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Quantitative Trader roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 7 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 Trader according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
Personality test: 22%
One on one interview: 11%
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I first received an online assessment, and I didn’t make it unfortunately, but I known there were several rounds of interviews after passing online assessment. Remember there were essay questions!
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Some sequences questions, but I didn’t anticipate that there were essay questions in the end.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Citadel (New York, NY) in Oct 2019
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It was a 45-minite Phone interview. We started with background introduction, basically going through resume, and then we did a coding problem. Finally there's a questioning time for me to ask any question about the company.
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Question 1
Given a matrix of size N by T, the i-th row and j-th column is the price of buying i shares of a stock at time j. Ask what's the minimum cost of buying in total N shares at the end of time T.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Citadel (New York, NY) in Aug 2019
Interview
I was invited to a university networking event in July, talked to the recruiter and a few traders there, and got an on-site two days later. It was 3-4 back to back interviews with traders on different teams.
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Expected value questions of coin flip with added constraints (for example, with the option to reroll)