Citadel Software Engineer interview experience

For me it was two coding tasks with a time limit around an hour—one question was more tree-structured and the other was string-based. It surprised me that they seemed focused on coding ability right away, even before anything felt like a resume screen.

I also remember how test-case quality mattered more than I expected. In my run, I didn’t clear all the tests on the second prompt, including a bunch of cases (some locked). The process also came with a strict window to complete the assessment (I had about two weeks after receiving the email to finish), and there were a few days where I just