Summer Sales and Trading applicants have rated the interview process at Citi with 4.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Summer Sales and Trading roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 2 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 Summer Sales and Trading according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
Drug test: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 20%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Citi
Interview
Applied through my schools career center and interviewed over the phone with a past student who now works there. Interview was 15 minutes. Only behavioral question was tell me about yourself. He grilled me about every other question I was asked. I'm only a sophomore and this would be my first finance related job/internship so I wasn't expecting to need to be an expert. I know basic knowledge about the market but this guy grilled me and made me look like an idiot. Lots of background noise so I could barely even hear him.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Did you see whats going on in the market this morning?
What do you think the Fed is going to do next year to fix the recent downtrend in oil prices? Why? Why? Why?
What sector should I be looking to invest in? What company? Why? Why?
Whats your favorite book?
I applied online. I interviewed at Citi in Sep 2020
Interview
There are two rounds - first general phone interview, second Superday with 3-4 associates from the firm.
The first round for me personally was fairly simple and basic. A lot of "tell me about yourself" type of questions. There were no real technical questions. It was more of why citi, why s&t, how do you follow the markets. It was maybe a 20/30 min phone conversation.
The second round was the Superday. Here there is one behavioral, one technical and one leadership interview. I was asked about what's happening the markets and well what's happening at the Federal level. The technical interview was the hardest because my interviewer went into detail about bonds and treasury. The other interview rounds were basic behavior questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Citi?
Why S&T? Sales? or Trader?
Stock Pitch?
What's happening with the Fed?
Different situational questions regarding bonds, stocks and treasury.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Citi (Sydney) in Apr 2015
Interview
quick and efficient. There was a single one on one interview, then second round was group interview and case studies (with a trading exercise) and then final round interview with senior management
I applied online. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Citi (London, England) in Jan 2015
Interview
Application form CV and cover letter.
Applied in September process took about 5 months. Heard back within the hour after the first round, took just over a week to get the offer through after the AC.
First round consisted of two 30 minute competency interviews with an associate and a vice president. Not technically difficult, usual competency questions, walk through cv, have a good answer as to why citi, and why s&t
Assessment centre took up an entire day
First task was a case study project (write a report and prepare a presentation, presented to a director with 10-15 mins of Q&A)
Then had to re-take the numeracy test
3 back to back interviews with directors, one seemed to concentrate entirely on your CV, another was a mixture of competency and technical questions, final one was fit/motivation
Finished the day with a group exercise, given some time to prepare and read through the literature, and then had a 30 minute group discussion where we had to agree on final outcomes
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the purpose of quantitative easing? Do you think QE in Europe will be successful, and why? Whats happened to oil recently?