I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Citi (New York, NY) in Feb 2016
Interview
HR, Phone, Super day. HR is screening, Phone is about probability and algorithms, Superday is 5-6 rounds of interviews. Could have pop up math quiz as well. And I hate this 30 words limitation, what the hell?!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the difference between quick sort and merge sort?
I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Citi
Interview
it was a normal interview. they ask a lot of technical questions as well as competency questions. in general it is a nice experience although the whole process could have been shorter...
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Citi (New York, NY) in Nov 2017
Interview
Phone interview then super day. There were about 15 candidates, and it includes coding test, math test, then three rounds of 1 on 1 inter view. The questions are not very difficult but I was not very well prepared.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
More behavioral questions than I expected, and they pushed really hard on them.
Quant applicants have rated the interview process at Citi with 3.3 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 63.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Quant roles take an average of 26 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Citi overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Citi as a Quant according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
Other: 13%
Drug test: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 13%
One on one interview: 13%
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