Candidates applying for Quant Researcher roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Citadel overall takes an average of 32 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Citadel as a Quant Researcher according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
Personality test: 25%
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Citadel (Singapore) in Feb 2022
Interview
3+ rounds of phone or zoom screen.
coding and math. math is more with coding.
The coding question is not easy at all. DP involved.
if you are good at the 3p zoom interview, you will be arranged more zoom screens with senior interviewers.
phone screen, then OA, then interview, asked the classic question "what's your biggest strength and weakness?", coding interview is 2 hard leetcode Dynamic programming. very difficult, no hint from interviewer
Normal interview process, not too lengthy, hr was very nice and replied to all my emails. The questions were a bit hard, and it needs some preparation before going into the interview.
I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Citadel (London, England) in Nov 2024
Interview
HR interviews then met different people and was asked to do a case study involving data analysis using Python.
In the end I never really received a feedback and I am not sure if they even looked at the case study