I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Citi in Jan 2015
Interview
In Office first round of interviews for a summer internship in Sales and Trading.
I was interviewed twice, each time about 30 minutes by an Englishman 5I would say between 26 and 30 years old, Associate level). They were both very nice and did their best to put me at ease. It was much more of a conversation than an interview, nothing really technical, they just want to check our motivation and interest, as well as our work experience, and see if we will cope with high pressure.
Amazing view on London from the 36th floor!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do you more or less know what a salesperson and a trader do? Which would be your preference?
Structured. It consist of 3 rounds in total. HR will host the interview. First round of Case Study, then Technical with the team leads of the team. After that, will be Q&A session. Lastly with the head of the department.
I had a behavioral with a current analyst, then a Superday with 3 members of the division. During the Superday, I was also assigned a case study to be conducted and presented live to the Superday interviewers.
Interview with HR and a current analyst (behavioral + CV). Another round where there was 2 interviews from people from the department and then a prresentation based on a document they present
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Summer Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Citi with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 70% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Summer Analyst roles take an average of 32 days to get hired, when considering 203 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 Analyst according to 203 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Phone interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 17%
Presentation: 9%
Background check: 9%
Skills test: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Personality test: 4%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 1%
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