I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Citadel (New York, NY) in Jan 2025
Interview
Relatively straight forward. 3 interviews before onsite. Onsite interview 4 rounds. Combination of technical and behavioral interviews. Typical leetcode medium - hard , pandas questions, questions about the market, questions around data.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
dp leetcode problems, leetcode problems which are heavy on the implementation. Do the citadel leetcode list
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Citadel
Interview
I was reached out by a recruiter to interview for a contractor position on a trading team. The question they asked was strange and nothing to do with the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Convert a string to an int without using Java library.
Online assessment with 3 coding questions on bfs and stacks etc.
First round on a simple coding question with some basic CS questions on top of it and also asked many CV questions and motivations
Did not proceed after this round
OA then phone interview, discussed about experience, coding rounds, and some open ended questions afterwards. The last 5 - 10 mins was for interviewee to ask questions back. Didn't pass this round :(