I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Citi (New York, NY) in Dec 2019
Interview
Applied online, had a phone screen with someone from the quant department. Some behavioral questions, some probability riddles, and some basic computer programming questions. Invited for a superday to their NY headquarters which included a math test, a computer programming test, and a few rounds of interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mostly standard behavioral questions (i.e. tell me about a time you faced an ethical dilemma in class or at work). Included a case study about investment recommendations, so make sure you know some factors that have been affecting markets recently.
medium difficulty, asked regular quant questions, math, computer science and all that, regular quant questions, math, computer science and all that, not that difficult, rejected by them in the end
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Question 1
regular quant questions, math, computer science and all that
Medium. Memorize the green book and be fast at mental math and be articulate. Be able to answer simple probability questions and stats stuff. they like people who can speak English and are coherent when talking through ideas
I applied online. I interviewed at Citi (New York, NY)
Interview
It was a first round with the hiring manager who mostly asked behavioral questions. He described the role and what they do. Overall the questions he asked were trivial like bond market trading hours. I didn’t know about the sessions after the regular trading session.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General questions about trace data and bond markets