I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Citi
Interview
First round was pretty straightforward. They were more interested in behavioural aspects, getting to know me. The interviewer was already well versed with my cv and cover letter, and so did not need to look down when asking me about experiences and motivations.
Second round was supposed to be the assessment center. Due to unexpected circumstances, I ended up having two back to back phone interviews asking me to describe situations I have been in showing several traits they were looking for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do you think you're throwing away all the effort put into an engineering degree when applying to banking?
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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