I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Citi (Chicago, IL) in Nov 2024
Interview
Overall Good, Interview round typically 3-4. Screening then 1st technical, then 2 nd tech. Citi focus on Haddop big data, SQL and how hard you can work on less payment.
but if joining through consultancies then possibility of Layoff is 100%
The technical interview lasts about one hour. The interviewer is not an employee of the company, but from a third-party interviewing platform, and the interview time is quite flexible interview time is quite flexible.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interview mainly focused on SQL, Python coding, and some general technical Data Engineering questions.
Two rounds of interview, one is online with basic questions. Another one is physical interview with handwritten coding questions. There are multiple python and Pyspark questions for second rounds. Need to write code on the spot or answer the output of questions provided.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Citi (Toronto, ON) in Mar 2026
Interview
screening, karat interview scenario based. Coding interview for the first round and a lot of scenario-based questions even on ML on 2nd interview. both the interview lasted 1 hr and 2nd interview barely gave 10 min for sql 3 cte query
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