Citi Financial Analyst interview experience

It was like a courtroom—question after question with very little warmth or facial expression from the interviewers, which made it hard to get a read on how I was doing.

The format also contributed to the pressure. It felt like the interviewers kept drilling without much back-and-forth, and even though I’d handled interviews with more relaxed engagement elsewhere, this experience was more rigid.

The difficulty was average in terms of question complexity, but the emotional intensity made it feel worse than it probably should have. I didn’t receive an offer, and my reflection was that