I applied online. I interviewed at Citi in Aug 2020
Interview
I applied in June 2020, got a call in Aug 2020, and offer in Dec 2020.
3 rounds of interviews- 1 coding test in Codility and 2 telephone rounds.
Codility test had 2 questions to be answered in 1 hour (1 SQL difficult, 1 Python- lists easy)
Telephone interviews were easy and mostly based on past work experience and technologies used.
My tips- explain past projects relevant to the role, display a positive attitude and passion for work.
At Citi, the processes are slow but recruiters are responsive. I followed up with my recruiter once a week until I received my offer letter.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What is the most exciting project in your career so far?
It has multiple rounds each of 30 mins or depends on the manager who is taking it.
There are 4 rounds including the HR rounds.
Questions were logical needs critical thinking one should have development knowledge like pyspark, sql
The technical interview lasts about one hour. The interviewer is not an employee of the company, but from a third-party interviewing platform, and the interview time is quite flexible interview time is quite flexible.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interview mainly focused on SQL, Python coding, and some general technical Data Engineering questions.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Citi (Toronto, ON) in Mar 2026
Interview
screening, karat interview scenario based. Coding interview for the first round and a lot of scenario-based questions even on ML on 2nd interview. both the interview lasted 1 hr and 2nd interview barely gave 10 min for sql 3 cte query