Do NOT join, even if hedge fund is dream job
Do NOT join, even if hedge fund is dream job
- Smart colleagues
- Great pay and benefits
- Interesting work, depending on the team
- Managers are forced to fire 10% every year, which is more than Amazon (6%).
- There are no quantified metrics in performance evaluation.
- Firings are often political and can be done with generic feedback that applies to many other team members, including top performers.
- Some managers and directors hire colleagues from previous companies and protect them from being fired, even in cases of blatant underperformance (e.g., never completing deliverables and showing up to work high).
Stop the forced attrition and take steps to prevent nepotism. No other top trading firms have forced attrition policies for engineers, so Citadel doesn't need them either. No top tech companies besides Amazon have them either.
They disincentivize collaboration and information sharing (thus increasing the cost of building software), and they give the company a bad reputation as a workplace and increase unwanted attrition.
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I completed the OA and solved both questions, but was rejected afterward due to my resume. I feel that companies should filter based on resumes before sending OAs to avoid wasting candidates' time.
Site Reliability Engineer Intern
OA was given upon application, then four technical interview rounds and a behavioural interview round with manager. Questions asked were quite standard throughout the process. HR was very responsive.
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The interviewer asked me to create a logbook system using C or C++. I had to design and code features to store and manage data. They also asked how I could improve parts of my code, like making it more efficient or easier to read. The interviewer was
SWE Intern
SingaporeOctober 14, 2022I completed the OA and solved both questions, but was rejected afterward due to my resume. I feel that companies should filter based on resumes before sending OAs to avoid wasting candidates' time.
Site Reliability Engineer Intern
November 22, 2025OA was given upon application, then four technical interview rounds and a behavioural interview round with manager. Questions asked were quite standard throughout the process. HR was very responsive.
Software Engineer Intern
AustraliaNovember 22, 2024The interviewer asked me to create a logbook system using C or C++. I had to design and code features to store and manage data. They also asked how I could improve parts of my code, like making it more efficient or easier to read. The interviewer was
