I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Citadel (New York, NY) in Jan 2024
Interview
Started with Online Assesment, then on the site. But got rjected after Online Assessment. Graphs questions were asked mainly and a few DP questions. It was medium level Online ASsesment but time was limited
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Graphs questions were asked mainly and a few DP questions
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Citadel (New York, NY) in May 2025
Interview
Introduced by recruiter. JD was very general. Learnt more about the role and thought was not a good fit after 2nd round. Interview was not too difficult but don't feel like interviewer understood other systems.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe the tradeoffs in any of your system design
Quant Dev applicants have rated the interview process at Citadel with 2.5 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 46.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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