Citadel

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

April 11, 2021

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

The interview covered C++ questions, design questions, and brain teasers.

It consisted of one phone interview followed by an on-site interview.

Some candidates had to complete a coding challenge, but I did not as I initiated the process through a recruiter.

Overall, it was a positive experience.

Questions

Virtual functions in C++

Design a circular buffer (any language)

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 62 interview experiences for the Citadel Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.

Success Rate

6%

Pass Rate

Citadel's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive34%

Neutral53%

Negative13%

Candidates reported having good feelings for Citadel's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in United States.

Citadel Work Experiences

Challenging but Rewarding

Senior Software Developer • Current Employee

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Pros: Great benefit and salary. Work with complicated and challenging problems. Smart people all around.

Cons: May be harder to move to a different group within the company. The flat structure means it is not obvious that you have advanced in your career.

Challenging but Rewarding

Senior Software Developer • Current Employee

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Pros: Great benefit and salary. Work with complicated and challenging problems. Smart people all around.

Cons: May be harder to move to a different group within the company. The flat structure means it is not obvious that you have advanced in your career.

Pay Raise, Terrible Culture

Software Developer • Former Employee

New York, New York, United States

February 3, 2016

Pros: Decent pay, free lunch. I got a 50% raise when I joined the firm, which was pretty nice. The catered free lunch was just okay, but hey, it was free.

Cons: Bad culture. Be prepared to be yelled at by traders if anything remotely related to your responsibilities went wrong. If you accomplished something, however, no one will come congratulate you, because performing well is "expected". My manager constantly sent out work-related emails at 3 am, and we were constantly working overtime past 8 pm. Work-life balance was out of the window.

Pay Raise, Terrible Culture

Software Developer • Former Employee

New York, New York, United States

February 3, 2016

Pros: Decent pay, free lunch. I got a 50% raise when I joined the firm, which was pretty nice. The catered free lunch was just okay, but hey, it was free.

Cons: Bad culture. Be prepared to be yelled at by traders if anything remotely related to your responsibilities went wrong. If you accomplished something, however, no one will come congratulate you, because performing well is "expected". My manager constantly sent out work-related emails at 3 am, and we were constantly working overtime past 8 pm. Work-life balance was out of the window.

Good growth opportunity

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Company rewards good performance with significant salary growth.

Cons: People sometimes work on weekends.

Good growth opportunity

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Company rewards good performance with significant salary growth.

Cons: People sometimes work on weekends.

Challenging but Rewarding

Senior Software Developer • Current Employee

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Pros: Great benefit and salary. Work with complicated and challenging problems. Smart people all around.

Cons: May be harder to move to a different group within the company. The flat structure means it is not obvious that you have advanced in your career.

5.0
Challenging but Rewarding
Senior Software Developer • Current Employee
Chicago, Illinois, United States
March 23, 2016
Pros: Great benefit and salary. Work with complicated and challenging problems. Smart people all around.
Cons: May be harder to move to a different group within the company. The flat structure means it is not obvious that you have advanced in your career.

Pay Raise, Terrible Culture

Software Developer • Former Employee

New York, New York, United States

February 3, 2016

Pros: Decent pay, free lunch. I got a 50% raise when I joined the firm, which was pretty nice. The catered free lunch was just okay, but hey, it was free.

Cons: Bad culture. Be prepared to be yelled at by traders if anything remotely related to your responsibilities went wrong. If you accomplished something, however, no one will come congratulate you, because performing well is "expected". My manager constantly sent out work-related emails at 3 am, and we were constantly working overtime past 8 pm. Work-life balance was out of the window.

1.0
Pay Raise, Terrible Culture
Software Developer • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
February 3, 2016
Pros: Decent pay, free lunch. I got a 50% raise when I joined the firm, which was pretty nice. The catered free lunch was just okay, but hey, it was free.
Cons: Bad culture. Be prepared to be yelled at by traders if anything remotely related to your responsibilities went wrong. If you accomplished something, however, no one will come congratulate you, because performing well is "expected". My manager constantly sent out work-related emails at 3 am, and we were constantly working overtime past 8 pm. Work-life balance was out of the window.

Good growth opportunity

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Company rewards good performance with significant salary growth.

Cons: People sometimes work on weekends.

5.0
Good growth opportunity
Software Engineer • Current Employee
August 7, 2022
Pros: Company rewards good performance with significant salary growth.
Cons: People sometimes work on weekends.

Citadel Interview Questions

Longest Non-decreasing Subarray From Two Arrays

You're given two arrays. Construct the longest possible non-decreasing subarray by picking elements from either array at each index.

ArraysDynamic Programming

Binary Tree Maximum Path Sum

Find the maximum sum of any path in a binary tree, where a path can start and end at any node. The path must contain at least one node.

Minimum Knight Moves

Find the minimum number of moves a knight needs to reach a target position on an infinite chessboard, starting from (0, 0).

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