Citadel Securities·Quantitative Researcher

Citadel Securities Quantitative Researcher interview experience

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SingaporePosted Sep 2018 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

This was an on-campus event at a university in Singapore.

The company showed up for a forum at school, and later in the afternoon I went through quick interviews with recruiters. They were nice and the atmosphere wasn’t hostile, but I realized pretty quickly that I hadn’t prepared enough.

The questions weren’t the kind that felt like they could be improvised confidently after the forum—there was an expectation that I’d be ready to talk through my fit and experience clearly. Because of my lack of preparation, I didn’t feel like I performed at the level I wanted.

Ultimately, I didn’t move forward, and the part that stuck with me most was how much

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