Citadel Securities Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

Hong KongPosted Sep 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a process that started with C++-leaning system programming questions—mostly centered on how C++ works and how it behaves under the hood.

One interview opened with a rapid sequence of questions about C++14–17 and what else I knew, with the interviewer pushing me for explanations about how those pieces functioned.

After that, it turned into a block of multiple rounds: several technical discussions followed by a behavioral component at the end. In one version, I got the sense the scheduling and feedback took time—waiting for feedback stretched out to around two weeks. Overall the tone stayed professional and structured, and at least once the interviewer was friendly and well prepared, beginning with introductions, grounding

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