Citadel·Software Engineer

Citadel Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Sep 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with an online assessment, then about a week later I did a forty-five minute phone screen.

That phone screen was a mix of behavioral and technical, and once I cleared it, the next step was a three-round superday. The format felt like the phone screen repeated but stretched across back-to-back interviews, and it was very leetcode-style each time.

After the superday, there was still a hiring-manager step before anything like an offer, and that final phase was again built around technical, leetcode-type questions. Overall it felt pretty structured on paper: OA, phone, three superday rounds, then hiring manager, then decision. It wasn’t the most relaxing process, but it did feel

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