Citadel·Quantitative Analyst

Citadel Quantitative Analyst interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

The process began with an HR email for a Python quant developer role.

After talking about GPA and career plans, I was scheduled for a B2B technical interview. The unexpected part was how easy the questions seemed during both B2B rounds. One interviewer asked me to write an order book and explain what APIs were needed for it.

As I discussed requirements, I started coding, but I was instructed not to implement the matching portion. The overall experience felt straightforward while it was happening, so it was genuinely confusing when I was rejected without any clear explanation or evaluation criteria. I walked away feeling like the format didn’t align with how

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