Citadel Software Engineer interview questions
Updated 23 May 2026Difficulty
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Experience
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How others got an interview
- 22%RecruiterRecruiter
- 20%Campus recruitingCampus recruiting
- 10%Recruitment agencyRecruitment agency
- 5%Employee referralEmployee referral
- 1%OtherOther
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Citadel interviews FAQs
- Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Citadel with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 27% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
- Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 43 days to get hired, when considering 22 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 Software Engineer according to 22 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 31%
Skills test: 19%
Presentation: 8%
Personality test: 4%
Drug test: 4%
Background check: 4%
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