Interview guide

Citadel interview guide

14 interview questions across 2 rounds at Citadel, plus 20 tracked openings with their application deadlines.

First Round: 9Superday: 5

Questions by round.

The Citadel interview questions, by round. The readable question is the one the Citadel interview questions page shows free; the rest stay locked until you start your 3-day free trial.

First Round

9 questions

Make me a market on the number of windows in this building, then tell me how you would trade against your own quote.

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8 more First Round questions are locked. Start the free trial to read them.

Superday

5 questions

5 Superday questions are locked. Start the free trial to read them.

What to drill before Citadel.

Every Citadel question maps to an Internvest drill category. These are the ones this firm's questions draw on, most covered first.

Brain Teasers (7)Capital Markets (4)Accounting (1)Behavioral (1)Valuation (1)

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Deadlines at Citadel.

Next tracked deadline: January 11, 2027 (Citadel 2027 Women's Datathon).

Citadel 2027 Women's Datathon
Closes in 68 days. Opening date not announced.
Insight ProgramsCloses January 11, 2027Check status
Citadel 2027 Discover Citadel
Closes in 121 days. Opening date not announced.
Insight ProgramsCloses March 5, 2027Check status
Quantitative Trader: Equity Quantitative Research - University Graduate (US)
Opening date not announced for this cycle.
Full-Time RolesOpening date not announcedCheck status
Sector Data Scientist - 2027 Intern (US)
Opening date not announced for this cycle.
Summer InternshipsOpening date not announcedCheck status
Finance & Accounting - Intern (US)
Opening date not announced for this cycle.
Summer InternshipsOpening date not announcedCheck status
Quantitative Research Analyst - University Graduate (US)
Opening date not announced for this cycle.
Full-Time RolesOpening date not announcedCheck status
Trader: Fixed Income & Macro - Intern (US)
Opening date not announced for this cycle.
Summer InternshipsOpening date not announcedCheck status
Quantitative Research Analyst - Intern (US)
Opening date not announced for this cycle.
Summer InternshipsOpening date not announcedCheck status
Software Engineer - University Graduate (US)
Opening date not announced for this cycle.
Full-Time RolesOpening date not announcedCheck status
Citadel Equities - Citadel Associate Program - Summer Internship 2028
Opened November 4, 2026. No closing date reported yet.
Summer InternshipsOpenCheck status
Citadel Fixed Income and Macro Central Bank Challenge
The firm has announced this opening and has not opened applications. It has not stated an opening date.
Insight ProgramsExpected to openCheck status
Citadel 2027 Trading Invitational
The firm has announced this opening and has not opened applications. It has not stated an opening date.
Insight ProgramsExpected to openCheck status
Software Engineer - Intern (US)
Opening date not announced for this cycle.
Summer InternshipsOpening date not announcedCheck status
Citadel Associate Program - Full Time Program 2027
Opened May 21, 2026. No closing date reported yet.
Full-Time RolesOpenCheck status
Quantitative Trader: Equity Quantitative Research - Intern (US)
Opening date not announced for this cycle.
Summer InternshipsOpening date not announcedCheck status
Quantitative Research Analyst Intern - BS/MS (US)
No longer listed by the firm.
Summer InternshipsClosedCheck status
Launch Intern (US)
No longer listed by the firm.
Summer InternshipsClosedCheck status
Citadel Terminal Programming Competition
No longer listed by the firm.
Insight ProgramsClosedCheck status
Equities - Citadel Associate Program - Summer Internship 2027
No longer listed by the firm.
Summer InternshipsClosedCheck status
Quantitative Research Engineer - University Graduate (US)
No longer listed by the firm.
Full-Time RolesClosedCheck status

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All Citadel interview questions

Citadel openings and outreach.

Citadel openings: 20 openings on the tracker.
Hedge Funds openings: every tracked opening on the path, firm by firm.
Corporate Finance openings: every tracked opening on the path, firm by firm.

Interview guides at firms like Citadel.

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Captured from the product: the Internvest tracker page for one J.P. Morgan opening, J.P. Morgan 2027 Asset Management Investments Full Time Analyst Program, with its tags, application requirements and timeline.

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