I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Citi in Jun 2021
Interview
I got a mail 3 days before the drive on Saturday, to respond if i want to be part of it. I shared my resume and the requested details. No response after that, then on Saturday i got a call informing that, they have scheduled an interview after an hour. But 15 minutes later i got the interview call. The interviewer was a very nice person, not at all rude and very encouraging. The questions were all on java, since i told them i dint have a lot experience on the db side of things. I answered most of the questions asked and when i asked for a feedback to the interviewer she said, i did well. Did not get any call or response after that. I'm not greatly impressed by the HR side of things but the interview itself benefited me in boosting my confidence
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions based on Java stream API(This is after i told her, i'm comfortable with java 8), executor thread pool, primitive/object type to store data in case of number, fail fast and fail safe in context of concurrent hashmap and how are locks placed in the implementation of it. Bog O notation, searching algorithms, volatile keyword,blocking queue, try-catch-finally
I applied online. I interviewed at Citi in May 2026
Interview
Applied online. Was asked to schedule an assesment in a 2 day period. Prepare for 1 day and gave the karat interview on the next. Karat interview was good. I cleared all testcases for 3 coding questions and answered 2/4 mcq questions in 50 mins. I was positive I did well but next day got a rejection email. Dont understand what more they expect?!! I guess a PERFECT candidate.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Debugging errors and fixing code snippet. Python MCQ questions and o/p prediction.
Design and scenario based questions, not straight from theory or books. Keep your concepts clear in programming and skills for developer roles. I applied for senior role, more questions they were expecting were in distributed architecture, complex KARAT coding etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
System design questions, related to event processing for communication between different microservices.
The initial interview round is conducted by Karat, a third-party technical screening company. You will participate in a live, person-to-person online coding assessment to evaluate your core engineering competencies. All in all, it was good.
