I applied through university. I interviewed at Citadel Securities (New York, NY)
Interview
Heavily focused on expected value, game theory, and market making. Testing intuition rather than heavy finance or coding/algorithm knowledge. Interview process is well structured and everyone is nice, ensuring that you understand everything you need to about citadel.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Group market marking game with expected value and different informational fields.
Online interview with behavioural and probability questions. The interviewers were very friendly and made the process comfortable. Overall, it was a positive experience and felt fair in both structure and difficulty.
I applied online. I interviewed at Citadel Securities (Sydney) in Apr 2026
Interview
It was a 45 minute online interview on Zoom. First half was on behavioural questions. Second half was a small market making game. The interviewer was professional and friendly. Overall good experience.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Citadel Securities (Sydney) in Mar 2026
Interview
Classic tell me about yourself question, then a market making question. Interview also probed me a few questions about my resume. The whole interview took about 30 minutes with just 1 market making question
