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Citi interviews FAQs
Quantitative Analysis Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Citi with 3 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 Quantitative Analysis Analyst roles take an average of 13 days to get hired, when considering 5 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 Quantitative Analysis Analyst according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 43%
Skills test: 29%
Phone interview: 29%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Citi
Interview
I applied through on campus recruitment. The process took a week and I was interviewed one-on-one in the career center. The questions are mostly math problems and statistic problems. No behavior questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you can only climb 1 stair or 2 stairs at a time, how many ways are there to climb 10 stairs.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Citi (New York, NY) in Oct 2016
Interview
First Round via phone interview, three math problems without any behavioral questions. The questions were not hard but could demonstrate your logic when thinking. Then got invitation to Superday. Met four people at trading and also quant development desk. The interviewers were really nice in general. Didn't do well in the technical interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coin toss problem.
How to derive OLS closed-form solution.
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Citi (New York, NY) in Oct 2016
Interview
one phone interview and then super day.
there is one math exam and and one programming exam,
four back to back interviews with lots of math and brain teasers.
one of the interview has many math questions.
they require highly technical skills.
question uses taylor expansion;
basic knowledge about derivatives;
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
market view questions ;
greeks: what's delta, gamma
lots of questions about projects related to resume.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Citi (New York, NY) in Sep 2016
Interview
I applied through university OCR. The process took about one week. I interviewed on campus. It was 1 on 1 interview. It lasted about 30 minutes. They select about 20 students in NYU for the interview, mostly from math finance and financial engineering.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Introduce about one project
Four easy math questions