Investment Banking Summer Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Citi with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 65% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Investment Banking Summer Analyst roles take an average of 43 days to get hired, when considering 17 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Citi overall takes an average of 40 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Citi as a Investment Banking Summer Analyst according to 17 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 20%
Presentation: 17%
Skills test: 14%
Phone interview: 14%
Personality test: 11%
Group panel interview: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Background check: 3%
Other: 3%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Citi (New York, NY) in Jan 2014
Interview
They had a targeted candidates process before an on campus interview. The on campus interview was led by Analyst to Managing Director level bankers. There was 2 back-to-back 20 minute interviews with 2 bankers in each interview. After the interview, the decision making was very quick and there was no superday in New York, we heard back by phone that evening.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Not too many difficult questions, standard M&A, accounting, LBO understanding questions and why you wanted to work for Citi, etc.
1 FR, 1 SD. FR all techs, moderate difficulty, SD has 3 behaviorals, 1 technical (harder than FR), 1 case study with comps, PE stuff. Very important to know people in the office.
I applied through university. I interviewed at Citi (New York, NY) in Jan 2026
Interview
Networked with analyst and got first round. 1 associate 1 vp each 30 min for first round. mix of behavioral and technical questions as well as follow ups regarding technical questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself, why banking, why citi, standard technicals