I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Citi in Feb 2010
Interview
I interviewed with four different guys. The fist one asked me resume questions and some easy tech. The second one was horrible, I was asked by many market questions, such as what do you see the US economy in short-term, long term, how do you think of the equity market in the future, etc. The third guy asked me many math and probability questions, very easy, including the classic one (the prob that three random dots in a circle can form a acute triangle). The fourth one went through my programming skills and asked small questions based on different programming languages such as C++, SQL, etc
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the probability of forming a acute triangle from three random dots in a circle
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.
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Question 1
General questions about trace data and bond markets