Citi Investment Banking Analyst interview experience

The setup felt unconventional: they gave access to chat-based tools and then essentially worked through people who responded first, without much regard for the content itself. After that, I went into a technical interview where they asked classic investment-banking style questions.

The difficulty felt average, but the group discussion stage stood out because it didn’t feel fully merit-based in the way I expected. Still, the technical portion had the kind of fundamentals questions that felt more standard.

I didn’t end up getting an offer. What I remember most was the mismatch between how the