The total interview duration was 40 minutes. Interviewer started off by asking questions about previous experiences. Then, I had to do a class based leetcode medium equivalent question. In the end we reviewed my code and ran it against a few test cases.
This is for last fall. applied with referral. got OA. And a phone interview afterwards.This is for last fall. applied with referral. got OA. And a phone interview afterwards.This is for last fall. applied with referral. got OA. And a phone interview afterwards.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Citadel Securities in Aug 2024
Interview
The interview was expected to be a 45 min technical video interview but actually took 1 hour. During the interview 3 major questions were asked, and the interviewer was super friendly and nice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's your favorite course at University? (And dive deeper based on my answer)
What's the biggest challenge you faced in your most recent experience?
OOD problem via CoderPad.
SWE Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Citadel Securities with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 56% positive. To compare, the company-average is 53.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SWE Intern roles take an average of 4 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Citadel Securities overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Citadel Securities as a SWE Intern according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
Skills test: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
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