Citadel Securities Software Engineer interview experience

I went into one tech interview that felt reasonable and fairly smooth, and I also had a behavior interview that took longer and was unusually specific about my experiences.

On the technical side, I ended up working through a coding problem and it seemed like the interviewer was trying to understand how I approached it, not just whether I could get a final answer. Still, I ultimately failed to move forward, even though the technical part didn’t feel unfair.

I noticed that nerves mattered a lot in these rounds. In my case, I tripped over a few words and made a small implementation mistake