Citi·Software Engineer

Citi Software Engineer interview experience

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Orlando, FLPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I did a Karat technical screening that felt lighter than some of the other loops I’d heard about, but still very direct.

It was presented as a live, person-to-person online coding assessment, with the goal of testing core engineering competency. In my session, the coding portion included straightforward DSA practice and some bug-fixing—there was an element of correcting code and adding functionality as the problems unfolded.

Java showed up too: I was asked about Java features and design patterns, and I had to correct a failing test case rather than just write something from scratch. The interviewer was friendly and kept the interaction smooth, which helped when I needed to reason through issues. Even though it

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