I interviewed at Citadel Securities (New York, NY)
Interview
This first round of the interview process was a technical interview online/video which consisted of 1 question, specifically focussing on graphs, which was of medium difficulty. This was a 1 on 1 interview with an engineer.
I applied online. I interviewed at Citadel Securities (Sydney) in June 2026
Interview
The process includes 4 technical interview and 1 final behavior interview, the primary language is Python. You will scheduled for next round if passed previous round, I failed on 2nd round
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1st round: questions about tcp/udp, heap, queue, thread/process + coding exercise about parse file
2nd round: ask about project experience, implement decorator
I applied online. I interviewed at Citadel Securities (Chicago, IL) in Feb 2026
Interview
First round is behavioral and technical and second round is superday. Then is final round and team matching. Superday was virtual and 45 min each, all same format, with beginning behavioral questions, a huge chunk on system design, and final questions at the end.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
System design, create a stock options book using dict
Went through 4 rounds of technical interview + 1 round of leadership round.
This was for a C++ internship role. Process and questions were very dependant on your interviewer, but it is definitely C++ heavy and should be familiar with low level stuff
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