Model Validation Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Citi with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 44% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Model Validation Analyst roles take an average of 36 days to get hired, when considering 10 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 Model Validation Analyst according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 18%
Phone interview: 18%
Skills test: 18%
Personality test: 12%
One on one interview: 12%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Other: 6%
Drug test: 6%
Presentation: 6%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Citi (Tampa, FL)
Interview
Referred by a friend who is currently working in the risk management group.
One round HR screening phone interview.
One round Senior Associate technical phone interviews consists of quantitative questions like stochastic process, probability and statistics.
One round director video interview. About one hour. Five practical statistical and probability questions.
HR call, interview from two of my actual teammates, HR call, 7 days later another interview, this time with my actual manager, HR call again, Salary expectation call, offer.
The interviews have been very similar. Very fast and professional process.
Within one month I got the offer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Linear Regression in depth, Data manipulation, Performance Metrics (ROC, AUC, specificity, F1 score,...), explanation of how Random Forests work, how confident I am with Python, R or SAS
First round with the hiring mgr, second round a 3 subround 1 on 1 interview. Tech: Behavioral questions are around 7:3. Process wenrt on steadily but slowly in the meantime.
3 interviews in a row. One hour each and mostly technical questions. Kind of difficult. First about walking through resume and your experiences. Second more technical and hard questions. Last one would be more about salaries and sponsorship.