Citadel
A multistrategy hedge fund that invests across equities, fixed income and macro, commodities, credit, and quantitative strategies.
- 6
- programs
- 4
- open now
- Citadel Securities Trading InvitationalQuantNo data yet
- Women in Finance SummitHFNo data yet
How Citadel recruitsTypical for Hedge Funds
- 1Application
Resume, sometimes a written stock pitch up front.
- 2First round
Analyst or PM. Your pitch, how you think about risk, why this strategy, what you read.
- 3Case and final
A take home or timed case on a public company, defended in front of a PM. Expect pushback on every number.
- 4Offer
Small classes, decisions can be slow or instant.
Citadel does not state its process on its own site, so these are the usual stages.
At a glance
- Headquarters
- Miami
- US offices
- New York, Miamicitadel.com
- Posting now
- New York, Greenwich, Miami
- Industries
- Hedge Funds, Quant Trading and Research
- Summers
- 2028, 2027
- Last verified
- Nov 11
What Citadel asks7 from public sources
Here is an open-ended problem: come up with an investment or research idea and explain how you would test whether it works.
First round, why this firm. eFinancialCareers, Feb 8, 2024
If there is a 44% chance of spotting a shooting star in any given hour, what is the chance of spotting one in a 30 minute window?
First round, technical. eFinancialCareers, Jun 12, 2019
What did you set out to achieve as a kid, and what have you actually accomplished so far?
First round, behavioral. Fortune, Aug 16, 2024
Three face-down cards show n, n+1 and n+2 in random order, with n unknown. You turn them over one at a time and may stop on any card and keep it. What strategy maximizes the card you keep, and what is its expected value?
First round, technical. eFinancialCareers, Jun 12, 2019
Without paper, what is 119 squared? You have about a minute.
First round, technical. eFinancialCareers, Jun 12, 2019
2 more from public sources
You have two identical eggs and a 100-floor building. Find the lowest floor from which an egg breaks using the fewest drops in the worst case. How many drops do you need?
First round, technical. IFSC News (republished from eFinancialCareers), Jan 5, 2017
How many months between 1901 and 2000 began on a Sunday, and how would you work it out quickly?
First round, technical. IFSC News (republished from eFinancialCareers), Jan 5, 2017
Dates by cycle4
- Summer 2028 Investment & Trading InternSeen open from Nov 4, 2026. Open now.
- Summer 2027 Quantitative Research InternSeen open from Nov 4, 2026. Open now.
- Summer 2027 Investment & Trading InternSeen open from Nov 6, 2026. Open now.
- Summer 2027 Discover CitadelSeen open from Nov 9, 2026. Open now.
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