I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Citadel
Interview
HR emailed me and have a phone interview with HR, then a phone technical interview with one quant. First ask me what I am doing for my phd, and three typical interview question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Two probability question and one algorithm question
Very good and helpful, enjoyed how they had a technical aspect as well. The interview was nice and very nice and kinda nice. Extremely nice broski, lowkenuinely a nice experience broskini.
First round discussing work experience and some hypothetical research questions and how I would approach the problems. Highly conversational and chatty. Interviewer was nice and friendly and offered his insight along the way.
It started with an automated coding screen in a language of your choice, which I unfortunately did not get past. I chose Python for the screen, the questions were pretty standard I just wasn't prepared.