Citi·Investment Banking Analyst

Citi Investment Banking Analyst interview experience

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ChennaiPosted Nov 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a fairly tight, structured sequence: a technical conversation, a competency interview, and then a case study interview, all in the same run back-to-back.

Each segment was about half an hour, and the pacing made it feel like they were continuously testing both my thinking and how I communicated under time pressure. The competency conversation was more generic, centering on motivations for corporate banking.

For the technical parts, I was asked about my background in detail, including how to think through architecture and algorithms, along with DSA and SQL-style questions. I talked through projects clearly and highlighted trade-offs and ownership, and I kept bringing things back to measurable impact. The interviews felt difficult enough that I

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