Great place to work, learn, and grow!
Great place to work, learn, and grow!
Citadel is a great place to work for people who like to take responsibility and ownership. Ownership is encouraged and rewarded. There are a lot of interesting projects going on in the company, which allows everyone to own important pieces of work and contribute in more than one area.
Citadel is strictly meritocracy-driven and rewards people with talent.
There can be some pressure at times because market events play a role in your workflow.
Keep up the good work of keeping and rewarding the best talent.
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Senior Software Engineer
First round interview. Interviewer was friendly. The interview mostly focused on financial domain questions, data structures, bits and bytes, multithreading, and general C++ language fundamentals. No algorithm questions were asked. The interview
Senior Software Engineer
I was scheduled for two rounds of online live coding sessions. The problems were average, and I solved both within the given time. The interviewers' response was generally positive, though one interviewer was more supportive than the other. I was
Senior Software Engineer
Had a one-hour phone screen set up by a recruiter. It was conducted by an engineer pulled in at the last moment because the original interviewer skipped due to a prod issue. This is a bad sign.
Senior Software Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesJanuary 4, 2022First round interview. Interviewer was friendly. The interview mostly focused on financial domain questions, data structures, bits and bytes, multithreading, and general C++ language fundamentals. No algorithm questions were asked. The interview
Senior Software Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesJune 28, 2025I was scheduled for two rounds of online live coding sessions. The problems were average, and I solved both within the given time. The interviewers' response was generally positive, though one interviewer was more supportive than the other. I was
Senior Software Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesApril 1, 2020Had a one-hour phone screen set up by a recruiter. It was conducted by an engineer pulled in at the last moment because the original interviewer skipped due to a prod issue. This is a bad sign.
