I would like to share my feedback regarding the recent interview process. I went through three rounds — a coding round, an external team interview, and finally an L1 interview. However, during the L1 round, it was clear that the interviewer was not familiar with the core technologies required for the role. The questions seemed to be read directly from my resume without any technical understanding, and the interview was wrapped up abruptly in less than 20 minutes.
It felt as though there was no genuine intent to consider candidates seriously for this position. If that is the case, I’m not sure why my time was invested across multiple rounds.
I kindly request that CITI reviews and takes necessary action to ensure interviewers are aligned with the technical requirements of the roles they are assessing, so future candidates are treated fairly and the process remains meaningful.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Only one concept they asked from the technology which I mentioned the concept in my resume.
Interviewer didn't show his face as usual. I've interviewed with Citi bank several times over the years and they never show their face even if its a panel of people.
They asked technical language definition questions. Only has vague answers about what the job is because he doesn't know. His only job is to grill you on whether you know what one java syntax does compared to another. Apparently they think that's the only thing that's important to working for Citi. Do you know how the inner workings of this keyword in java, spring, angular, or sql? Yes? Great. We have 30 more similar questions for you. If you pass this round, we will do this again for 3 more separate interviews where each round another faceless interviewer will ask you another list. After the interviews you learn nothing about the company and give you no reason to want to work there.
1st round HR discussion- good
Second round Technical discussion - nice experience interacting with team
Third round manager - About discussions and understand the culture
Fourth round - HR manager round , To discuss about salary and benefits and
tech interview, asked some basic questions about python and two lc medium questions. Both aint too bad, but I didnt prepare for the interview so I communicated badly, as a result I didnt pass.
