Citadel·Software Engineer

Citadel Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Apr 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My first step was a coding-heavy assessment path that started on a HackerRank-style challenge, and the process then moved into a deeper review period.

The coding tasks were challenging enough that I felt I needed to be fully ready going in, not just “okay at algorithms.” For me, the first OA phase didn’t go my way—there was a graph-focused coding problem that was hard enough that I didn’t advance.

Where things felt especially stressful was that after the assessment, the process really seemed to widen into multiple rounds where they cared about both technical depth and how I handled pressure. I had one stage that included a technical interview and a behavioral component, and the behavioral portion focused strongly on past

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