Citadel·Software Engineer

Citadel Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Nov 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After I applied, I got an online assessment and, once I passed it, I was pulled into a first technical round over Zoom that ran about 45 minutes.

That round was purely technical and felt like medium-level coding work; I worked through two questions and finished within the structure of the session. A short while later the process moved into the next stage, where I had additional 45-minute technical interviews.

Eventually the schedule tightened into a “superday” style sequence with multiple back-to-back technical interviews, all focused on LeetCode-style problem solving. The format stayed consistent: timed coding rounds with interviewers watching the clock, short time for intros and then the bulk of the session on the coding. I remember

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