Quantitative 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 59% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Quantitative Analyst roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 109 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 Analyst according to 109 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 28%
Phone interview: 24%
Skills test: 13%
Group panel interview: 8%
Personality test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Background check: 6%
Presentation: 6%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 1%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Citi (New Brunswick, NJ) in Feb 2016
Interview
Firstly, the employer talked the company and the position. Then let me introduce myself and talk about one of my projects. At last asked me a brain teaser question. Among the interview, the employer asked me about my C++ skill, maybe C++ skill is very important during the work.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There are 3 boxes. Each box includes 2 balls. The first one includes 2 black ball, the second one includes one black and one white and the last one includes 2 white balls. Pick 2 balls from one box. The first one is white. Then, what's the probability that the second one is also be a white?
medium difficulty, asked regular quant questions, math, computer science and all that, regular quant questions, math, computer science and all that, not that difficult, rejected by them in the end
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
regular quant questions, math, computer science and all that
Medium. Memorize the green book and be fast at mental math and be articulate. Be able to answer simple probability questions and stats stuff. they like people who can speak English and are coherent when talking through ideas
I applied online. I interviewed at Citi (New York, NY)
Interview
It was a first round with the hiring manager who mostly asked behavioral questions. He described the role and what they do. Overall the questions he asked were trivial like bond market trading hours. I didn’t know about the sessions after the regular trading session.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General questions about trace data and bond markets