I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Citi (New York, NY) in Feb 2011
Interview
First round was very stressful. Interviewed on campus by 2 interviewers at the same time. Grilled about not researching company (check up the quarterly reports as well as stock price!), about not understanding basic business/finance etc. Mostly behavioral, with one general case question. Made me stand up at a blackboard to explain (testing for composure). In all, thought I bombed it, then got a final round email.
Final round in NYC 1 week later, consisted of 6 20-minute interviews, all behavioral. One asked basic math, one had a short 10 minute case. Final round was much more about me asking them questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
"Why did you not research this company thoroughly? Just trying to blow this off? Did you think that there were no other qualified candidates other than yourself you would come?"
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Citi in Oct 2015
Interview
First round on campus. Ask a lot on my opinion on interest rates, since that is the hot topic now. Invited to Super Day in NY. 4 rounds of 1-1 interviews, mix of market, behavioral and technical. I had a few guys in Lev Fin interview me so I had a lot of questions on LBOs and debt. Hard to prep for because CMO is so diverse so people focus on different things. Last round was a group case discussion, where they look for teamwork not how you stand out, which is why I heard I didn't get the role
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk me through LBO? How do you value and attractive loan? What makes an investment good? Describe the equities market?
I applied online. I interviewed at Citi (London, England) in Dec 2012
Interview
Telephone interview - Quite short mainly just competencies: why this division, why you etc.
Assessment Centre - 3 1-on-1 interviews all 30 mins each. 1 group exercise, 1 numerical test and 1 presentation with Q&A session at the end (given 75-90 minutes preparation time during which a written report needed to be completed too). Interviews ranged from purely competency to more technical. All interviewers were pretty friendly, so far as assessment centres go it was quite relaxed. No brainteasers or curveballs.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Not really a question, but for one of my interviews I spent almost the whole time asking questions and making conversation. The interviewer was fairly passive, perhaps the aim was to gauge my actual interest in the firm/division. Could easily have gotten quite awkward had I not continued to show interest and ask questions.