I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Citadel (New York, NY) in Oct 2020
Interview
4 rounds: one intro call with hr, 2 interviews with senior traders, one final round ( 4 h ).
Brain teasers, market questions, past experience questions and investment strategies opinions / recommendations
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you allocate 1 m dollar portfolio and how would you hedge your positions?
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Citadel (New York, NY) in Sep 2022
Interview
2 Phone Interview, then super day. the superday consisted of 3 back to back interviews 1 hour long interviews where they asked you a variety of questions ranging from probability, statistics, market questions. Wasn't very difficult but was a stamina interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic behavioral questions. Also some basic probability questions
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Citadel (Princeton, NJ) in Sep 2019
Interview
I participated the first round, which was a on-campus interview. The interviewer asked some detailed questions about my resume, then asked some questions about vol curve. And also a question about a mispriced option.
Trading applicants have rated the interview process at Citadel with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Trading roles take an average of 16 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Citadel overall takes an average of 20 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Citadel as a Trading according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
One on one interview: 20%
Presentation: 20%
Skills test: 20%
Drug test: 10%
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