Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Citco with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Citco (Toronto, ON) in Apr 2020
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I am an intermediate-senior level software engineer with team lead experience, and I had been contacted multiple times over 6 months on LinkedIn with cringy "opportunity of a lifetime awaits you!" etc. etc. messages by a recruiter from Citco. The same recruiter contacted me again after I was laid off due to COVID-19 and I was at least inclined to respond.
The recruiter demonstrated a mind-numbing lack of professionalism and respect for me as a candidate (or, as he most likely saw me, a "lead"). When I responded that I was willing to chat he set up a meeting for the next day, during business hours, on a video meeting platform I had never heard of, apparently without thinking to ask about my availability or preferred contact method - just "I set up a meeting, accept the invitation." It was a video call so I turned on my camera and he did not reciprocate. It was then that he revealed the job description as a PDF, which described what could very generously be described as junior-level "LAwl U riTe suM CodEz" responsibilities. He asked in a sing-songy voice about salary expectations, to which I responded "at least" and a substantially lower than usual number given the whole COVID situation. The recruiter balked in a manner that was audible even with his video turned off, and rushed to end the call.
That was a new low, even as far as clueless LinkedIn recruiters go. Does this company even bother to figure out what skills and what professional level the candidates it tries to recruit are at? Do they perhaps think they're being clever to take advantage of a crisis to try and acquire skilled human resources at bargain basement prices is a good way to run a company? I can only imagine what their working environment is like as far as career advancement and growth/learning opportunities go, and the level to which they value their people.
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Question 1
Are you, a professional with some level of education, experience and achievement, willing to perform sub-junior level responsibilities, for a company whose representatives cannot treat candidates with a basic level of respect, at a compensation level well below your market value even as damaged as it may be during a global pandemic and government-mandated shutdown of the economy?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Citco (Toronto, ON) in Dec 2019
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2 calls from the HR then they called me for an in-person technical round. Although the position said software developer these guys were looking someone who can do testing. Very bad interview experience. The panel of 2 people didn't even know who they are interviewing.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Citco (Toronto, ON) in Jun 2014
Interview
I was found by an agent.
First, there was phone technical interview, pretty basic: types of index, types of tables, types of indexes in Oracle.
Then there was in person interview by hiring manager. I need to write couple sqls, not complicated, again was asked about type of joins and indexes.
How would I tune a query, main steps, then by a second manager I was asked couple behavior questions: my strongest skills, about difficult situation, etc.
Please keep in mind, CITCO has a policy: they pickup 3 persons, process all interviews with them, then decide is there anyone suitable or they'd like to pick up another 3 and so on....
That what can tell any recruiter, who is working with them.