J'ai postulé via une agence de recrutement. Le processus a pris 2 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Citadel Securities en déc. 2023
Entretien
- Intro by external headhunter: shared resume and discussed location/list of firms interested; notified that a team is interested in talking
- Phone screen: rejected
- Second-chance phone screen: rejected
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
- Phone screen:
Bunch of C++ trivia questions seemingly meant to gauge what coding question you might stand a chance of answering. Ended up being asked to implement a templated hash map.
- Second-chance phone screen:
Implement a thread pool for sending messages.
J'ai passé un entretien chez Citadel Securities (Hong Kong)
Entretien
I was reached by a recruiter, and I was later called for a personal interview which happened on zoom. This was for HK location. There was no online assessment test.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Implement queue using vector, no constraints were given. I did it but took some time - verdict - reject.
Also asked in depth about a project I've worked on and I am proud of. I spoke of the last project I had worked on, he seemed satisfied didn't ask a lot of cross questions.
Standard frontend exercise. Know your javascript and react. Be prepared to explain how you would optimize for performance.
Explain in depth how react renders and rerenders.
Handle real time data display.
J'ai passé un entretien chez Citadel Securities (Hong Kong)
Entretien
Very basic oop questions with a lot of emphasis on python syntax, should be fine if candidate prepared a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w y x y z