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Technology Analyst at Citi
No Offer – Reviewed May 03, 2013
Interview Details Obtained the interview through campus recruiting. First round was straightforward with basic questions on garbage collection, polymorphism etc. A few riddles as well. The final round (second round, actually) included attending the head office, writing a 45 min technical test and 2 interviews with hiring managers (one tech, one attributes).
Interview Question – The tech test is long-ish but not too difficult. Some tricky tech questions in the interview though. Answer Question
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Intern at Citi
No Offer – Interviewed in Toronto, ON – Reviewed Feb 21, 2013
Interview Details The interview process was very speedy. Contacted via e-mail to interview on-campus and received a phone call shortly after for an invitation to second rounds at the headquarters. Everyone was very friendly throughout the process and they have a nicely decorated office in a great location.
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Fund Accountant at Citi
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Mississauga, ON Sep 2011 – Reviewed Oct 19, 2012
Interview Details Interview with hiring manager on technical and soft skills based on your previous experience.
Negotiation Details – No room for negotiation
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Assistant Vice-President at Citi
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Mississauga, ON Apr 2011 – Reviewed Dec 07, 2011
Interview Details First level was phone screening and then multiple personal rounds. Last round was with MD of the group which was also technical with question based on algorithm and problem solving. Interview were more inclined towards algorithm and generic CS concept but some of Java/J2EE concept were asked along with puzzles.
Interview Question – Question based on pattern matching. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – No negotiation
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Assistant Manager at Citi
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Pune (India) Apr 2013 – Reviewed Jun 18, 2013 New
Interview Details
I have got the call from consulting firm and they scheduled the interview process with Citi.
1st F2F round with Sr. Director as he was in Pune.
2nd telephonic round with onsite, this was a technical round.
3rd round with HR-VP
Interview Question – everything was related to my experience Answer Question
Negotiation Details – no negotiation
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Customer Service Representative at Citi
No Offer – Reviewed Jun 13, 2013 New
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Easy to apply and within a couple of days I received a phone call and email informing me that I had passed the first part of the screening process. I set up an interview for the following day. Interview began a few minutes after scheduled time and the interview lasted about 20 minutes. Initially I was nervous speaking to the recruiter over the phone, but they were friendly and I was at ease. After the phone interview they informed me that I had passed the screening, and my resume would be moved on to the local hiring managers in my area for an in-person interview.
They informed me the starting salary for the position was $11... They told me they would do a background check on me and if I would see any problems with it... Asked if i had previous experience working for financial industry or a call center.
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Why work for Citi?
Why this position?
Give an example of a previous experience with an upset customer, how did you get through it?
Give an example of a computer program you had to work with that you had to learn.
Give an example of using multiple computer programs at the same time.
Last three jobs and my responsibilities for each of them.
Interview Question – What's your strategy to completing a project? Answer Question
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Java Developer at Citi
No Offer – Interviewed in New York, NY (US) Jun 2013 – Reviewed Jun 12, 2013 New
Interview Details
HR called me and set up an interview with project Director. So this Director called and asked me one question on what methods you override in java.lang.object class
I was not sure of the answer, I told I am not sure and he told the answer and also cleared that he was expecting a straight forward answer for that. He told clearly that he don't want to go ahead asking any more questions and finished the interview in just 5 minutes. I felt it as a fair deal. its okay to clear thoughts on the moment instead passing time with other questions.
Interview Question – what methods would you overwrite in java.lang.object class View Answer
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Customers Analytics at Citi
No Offer – Interviewed in New York, NY (US) Apr 2013 – Reviewed Jun 06, 2013 New
Interview Details The first round is the phone interview, basically the behavioral questions. And then the interviewer introduced major responsibilities of this customers analytics position. The whole process is pretty easy
Interview Question – They required at least one year working experience so they didn't give me the offer but why brought me to the first round of interview? Answer Question
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Operations at Citi
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Jun 06, 2013 New
Interview Details Convoluted, lack of structure, inexperienced interviewers asking extremely generic questions that do not provide any input, no detailed description of job function besides what was posted, could not answer simple questions with regards to growth, structure and history of staff/site. Horrible HR.
Interview Question – None, all simple generic questions Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Long drawn our process. HR is horrible.
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Control Officer at Citi
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Jun 04, 2013
Interview Details I had 3 interviews total, one with the hiring manager, a peer interviewer and the hiring managers huger up.
Interview Question – How would you define risk and some ways you think they can/ should be mitigated? Answer Question
Negotiation Details – I expected a certain title and certain amount of money appropriate for that title. HR called me to negotiate and asked me what do I want as a salary. I responded an amount that was appropriate for the level and title I applied and interviewed for. They offered me 2 titles lower and we negotiated between 35-45 k. This was disappointing at best.
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