Summer at Citadel was hard but interesting
Summer at Citadel was hard but interesting
Challenging problems that were very interesting.
Expectations were high, according to management.
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Software Engineer
Passed initial online test. The Director of Engineering asked if I am interested. HR asked me for dates to set up the interview. After providing the dates, I was rejected one day later with a generic reply: "You did well on the interview but..."
Software Engineer
Virtual HackerRank with multiple-choice questions as the first round. Two coding problems and then ten multiple-choice questions related to caching, industry-specific topics, etc. Did not make it to the next rounds.
Software Engineer
I was referred to Citadel via a third-party recruiter. I interviewed for the NXT program, a recruitment program for engineers with 1-6 years of work experience. There were two rounds of interviews, both virtual due to COVID-19. I had the first round
Software Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesOctober 15, 2020Passed initial online test. The Director of Engineering asked if I am interested. HR asked me for dates to set up the interview. After providing the dates, I was rejected one day later with a generic reply: "You did well on the interview but..."
Software Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesOctober 22, 2025Virtual HackerRank with multiple-choice questions as the first round. Two coding problems and then ten multiple-choice questions related to caching, industry-specific topics, etc. Did not make it to the next rounds.
Software Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesAugust 1, 2020I was referred to Citadel via a third-party recruiter. I interviewed for the NXT program, a recruitment program for engineers with 1-6 years of work experience. There were two rounds of interviews, both virtual due to COVID-19. I had the first round
