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Rejected

Software Engineering at Citadel Securities

Difficulty
Process took
2-3 Weeks
Rounds
1
Format
Remote
Applied via
Company Website

How it went

If you move ahead, you’ll usually face 1-2 technical rounds (which might include a System Design round) and 1 HR/Culture Fit round. I think it’s more about luck, because I solved both questions and passed all the test cases, but they still didn’t move forward with me. Just keep applying to companies, keep going, and NEVER GIVE UP!

What they would tell you

If you move ahead, you’ll usually face 1-2 technical rounds (which might include a System Design round) and 1 HR/Culture Fit round. I think it’s more about luck, because I solved both questions and passed all the test cases, but they still didn’t move forward with me. Just keep applying to companies, keep going, and NEVER GIVE UP!

How to prepare

  • Prepare Leetcode style medium-Hard questions.
  • Prepare from Striver's SDE sheet, it is one of the best in the industry.

Their background

I am pursing MScIT from DAU ,Gandhinagar(Formerly DA-IICT)

Round by round

  1. 1

    Software Engineering Campus Assessment 2025 – 202675 min

    I was asked to solve two LeetCode-style coding questions on HackerRank: 1. Get Optimal Team Size Problem

    • Closest LeetCode Problem:

    • There is no direct LeetCode problem with exactly the same statement.

    • However, it is conceptually similar to “greedy selection problems” or “binary search with constraints,” but it is not an official LeetCode problem 2. Process Scheduling (Grace Hopper Problem)

    • Closest LeetCode Problem:

    • This is not an official LeetCode problem either.

    • The logic is somewhat similar to counting colorings of adjacent slots (like LeetCode 1411 – Number of Ways to Paint N × 3 Grid), but it is not exactly the same.

What came up

Medium HardRemote0 1 years

A candidate-reported account, lightly edited. Interview processes change by team and date.

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