Quantitative Analyst 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 52% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Quantitative Analyst roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 28 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 Quantitative Analyst according to 28 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 32%
Presentation: 19%
One on one interview: 19%
Skills test: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Drug test: 6%
Personality test: 3%
Group panel interview: 3%
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OA contains prob/stats questions, often focusing on brain teasers, probability distributions, statistical inference, regression analysis, and linear algebra. You can practice based on the book .
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Suppose you roll two fair six-sided dice. What is the probability that the sum of the two dice is equal to 8? (like this)
Very good and helpful, enjoyed how they had a technical aspect as well. The interview was nice and very nice and kinda nice. Extremely nice broski, lowkenuinely a nice experience broskini.
First round discussing work experience and some hypothetical research questions and how I would approach the problems. Highly conversational and chatty. Interviewer was nice and friendly and offered his insight along the way.
It started with an automated coding screen in a language of your choice, which I unfortunately did not get past. I chose Python for the screen, the questions were pretty standard I just wasn't prepared.