Citadel Securities Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Jan 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After an initial stage, I entered a multi-round interview loop where essentially every conversation stayed technical.

What stood out was how variable it felt depending on the interviewer—some rounds were more aligned to what I expected, and others seemed to let the interviewer ask almost anything technical, which made it easy to feel like you could lose simply due to the specific person you got.

Across the process, I found that doing well wasn’t just about being able to solve coding problems. I had to show more than “coding bot” behavior: there was an emphasis on personality, grit, and how I handled sticking points while continuing to push toward a working solution. Even though the rounds were all

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