I applied through a recruiter. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at Citadel in Mar 2024
Interview
Standard interview process with a PM meeting first, half personal half technical followed by a take home assessment which wasn’t that difficult. Follow up with a few further rounds of interviews with analysts etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you think about trading alt data where there is limited information on day T but lots on day T+1
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.