Citi Software Engineer interview experience

The questions themselves didn’t seem too extreme, but I realized pretty quickly I hadn’t prepared enough.

Where things fell apart for me wasn’t the difficulty of the tasks—it was how I communicated. I ended up explaining poorly and struggled to present my thought process clearly while solving. By the end, it was obvious I wasn’t going to pass.

I didn’t get an offer, and the experience confirmed how strongly clarity and structure were judged, even when the problems were manageable.