I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Citi (London, England) in May 2022
Interview
Initial application, then a test invite a few days later. After that, Business Review. Invited to First round interview after a few weeks which was 2 back-to-back 30 minute long interviews with Juniors. Invited to Assessment Centre 2 days later because they were recruiting very quickly for this role.
Assessment centre was 3 half an hour interviews with seniors (one Director, two VPs).
They're mostly seeing if you'd be a good cultural fit for the company and then the Seniors will decide if they want you on their desk or not.
Smooth, quick process. Enjoyable. Interview questions slightly trickier than at other Bulge Bracket bank/s I've interviewed at.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What in the market interests you?
What's the debt to revenue ratio and how do you determine what level of debt for a company is sustainable?
Where does your name come from? Did your mother or father give you that name?
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
Citi interviews FAQs
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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