Citadel Securities Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Positive

United StatesPosted Nov 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process felt long even though it didn’t seem like there were a ton of steps.

After the recruiter call, I had an online assessment and then moved into two additional engineering interviews.

The first engineering round was a short 30-minute conversation with one engineer. The second was a much longer 120-minute session with three interviewers, and that format made the pacing feel intense—there wasn’t much downtime and the pressure to keep up was real. Overall, the experience leaned difficult, and I walked away feeling like the bar was high.

I didn’t get an offer, but what I remember most was the contrast between how quickly the first round moved and how extended the

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