Citadel Securities Quantitative Trader interview experience

No offer

Hard

Positive

Hong KongPosted Sep 2018 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My later-stage interview was a third round focused on an options market-making desk.

Before that, I went through the first two rounds that combined a personality fit check with technical questions, so by the time I got to the desk interview I already felt like the bar had been set.

The options market-making round itself leaned heavily on financial knowledge. Compared with other quantitative trading interviews I’d done, it demanded more context in finance and market reasoning rather than just pure math. The interviewer was very friendly, which actually helped me stay engaged even when the questions got demanding.

I didn’t end up with an offer, and the main feeling I took

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