Citadel Securities
A market maker that provides liquidity in equities, options, and fixed income to institutions and retail brokers.
- 4
- programs
- 2
- open now
- Quantitative Research InternQuantClosed
- Ignite Women's Trading ProgramS&TNo data yet
How Citadel Securities recruitscitadel.com
- 1First round
Per the campus quantitative research guide shared with Citadel: a 45 to 60 minute remote interview on programming, problem solving, and behavioral questions.
- 2Superday
An onsite round of usually three to five 60 minute interviews, technical and behavioral.
- 3Offer
A final review for team fit, then an offer, about four to five weeks from start to finish.
Paraphrased from Citadel Securities's own page, read Nov 6, 2026.
What they say they look for. Talk through your thinking out loud and ask for hints when stuck, says the quantitative research guide.
At a glance
- Headquarters
- Miami
- US offices
- New York, Miamicitadelsecurities.com
- Posting now
- New York
- Industries
- Sales and Trading, Quant Trading and Research
- Summers
- 2027
- Last verified
- Nov 11
What Citadel Securities asks7 from public sources
100 prisoners are taken one at a time, in random order and as often as the warden likes, into a room with a light switch. What plan guarantees that someone can eventually declare correctly that everyone has visited?
First round, technical. eFinancialCareers, Dec 18, 2025
Make a market on the number of games in the longest professional tennis match ever played.
First round, markets. eFinancialCareers, Dec 18, 2025
Tell me about a time you contributed to a process.
First round, behavioral. eFinancialCareers, Mar 16, 2026
With no data source, estimate Peloton's annual revenue.
First round, technical. eFinancialCareers, Dec 18, 2025
How many basketballs fit in a school bus?
First round, technical. eFinancialCareers, Dec 18, 2025
2 more from public sources
Make a market on the combined goal difference of every English Premier League champion.
First round, markets. eFinancialCareers, Dec 18, 2025
Why did you choose to use an unusual technology in your previous internship?
First round, behavioral. eFinancialCareers, Mar 16, 2026
Filed base salaries6 filings
- Analyst, New YorkNew York$250k median, 6 filings
Base salary Citadel Securities filed for full-time H-1B hires in front-office analyst and associate titles, decided Feb 5, 2025 to Jun 9, 2026. No bonus, and not intern pay. A row needs 5 filings. US Department of Labor disclosure data
Dates by cycle3
- Summer 2027 Quantitative Research InternSeen open from Nov 4, 2026. Closed Nov 7, 2026.
- Summer 2027 Trading InternSeen open from Nov 4, 2026. Open now.
- Summer 2027 Citadel Securities SparkSeen open from Nov 9, 2026. Open now.
Seen open from is the first day we saw the posting on the firm's own site. A public record is the firm's announcement or a dated student post.
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