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Citadel
- vote Meta vs Citadel Meta (E5): 500k Citadel (Senior SWE): 600k Current TC: 400k YOE: 6 Location: NYC Mainly wondering if the extra stress and bad WLB at Citadel is worth the extra 100k
- vote Citadel vs. Indeed Trying to leave MS. Current: Senior SWE, 6 yoe, 230k 🥜 Looking at two very different offers atm. From what I’ve read, Indeed is all wlb and politics, and Citadel is the exact opposite. Is either a good short or long term option? Indeed: Staff SWE, 400k TC, Seattle wfh hybrid Citadel: Senior SWE
- vote Cried in my Citadel Interview I had an interview a couple of weeks ago for a new grad swe position at Citadel. They kept bashing me with a whole bunch of conceptual and theoretical CS questions. It felt like they were attacking me and I couldn't control my emotions so i let it out. Do I have a chance of getting an offer consider
- Citadel offer Got a 450k offer without negotiation. Should I ask for more? I put 450 as my expected comp at the first place and don’t have a competing offer. Undergrad 1-3yoe Tc 280k #citadel
- How shit Citadel is - Citadel 101 Code quality is shit 1. thousands of lines of code in single method 2. CTO does not knowing what he is doing, only capable of yelling at people to improve the performance 3. you look at Google's engineering code practice, reverse every meaning of it, and thats what you see at Citadel Some interest
- Working at Citadel I have been on Blind for several months now and have been surprised about how polarizing some of the reviews of Citadel are. I work on the hedge fund side of the business as an SWE and have been here for several years. No one asked me to write this and it is just me being honest about why I work at
- Citadel vs Citadel Securities 1. Is it okay to apply to both? i.e. won’t they think “this guy doesn’t know what he wants!” 2. Which one is better for a SWE? I’m a low latency C++ dev. TC ~250K
- Citadel vs Citadel Securities Does one pay more than the other? Are they equally prestigious? Which has worse WLB? Are they in the same office building? Have interview offers with both but recruiter said I need to pick one. Follow up: Ended up picking Securities
- vote Citadel vs Google Posting on behalf of a friend. He’s at Facebook at the moment. Google L5 - Year 1: 360k GBP Year 2: 330k GBP Pros - WLB, long term growth prospects, stable comp Cons - lesser money than Citadel Citadel: Year 1: 460 GBP (Bonus is not pro rated, so essentially walking away with a lot of money end o
- vote Citadel or Facebook Got two senior SWE offers from Citadel Enterprise and Facebook. Citadel's offer is 525k including sign on first year and Facebook E5 is typical max package and slightly less than Citadel including sign on. There might still be some room for improvement for Citadel though. What's the Citadel Enterpr
- 500k @ Citadel 6 YoE. Is 500k TC @ Citadel likely? Hours be damned, I have a mortgage and private school tuition I need to pay. Assuming NYC office. No offer yet, but for this price, I will go above and beyond my limit.
- Careers at Citadel and Citadel Securities Feel free to reach out for information and/or referrals
- vote Citadel vs Citadel Securities What are the differences between Citadel and Citadel Securities? How do the following compare? - Type/quality of work - WLB (hours) - Culture - Compensation - Career Growth Overall, which one is better for a New Grad SWE? TC/YOE: Still in school #swe #newgrad #citadel #citadelsecurities
- Remote at Citadel? Looking at an SRE position at Citadel. It says NY, Hong Kong, London. Would they do remote? I will of course try to ask their HR somehow, but thought maybe someone on here could expedite. Thanks! #citadel
- Citadel Interview I’ve got contacted by a recruiter to start Citadel SDE interview process, I’m told there will be a phone interview round, then on-site full loop. Anyone interviewed with Citadel before? What questions do they ask? Do they have system design? Behavior questions? Are coding questions just leetcode?
- Citadel interview TC: 150K YOE : 9 Recently interviewed at citadel, it's been almost 4 weeks. Feedback from recruiter is positive and they like me. But haven't heard back the offer from citadel yet. Is this Normal ? . I have interviewed with other companies as well and have heard very positive feedbacks. I am not s
- Citadel I currently work at Chase and keep getting contacted by Citadel recruiters for SWE roles. Anyone currently work at Citadel ? Can you tell me what it’s like versus working at a large bank ?
- Facebook to Citadel? Considering the move from Facebook (NYC) to Citadel SWE (Chicago) with about 2 YOE. I've been contemplating this move for a while now, as I went to school in the midwest and most of my close friends from school are in Chicago right now. I'm closer with them than any of my current friends here and t
- Best teams at Citadel I just got an offer from citadel and the next step is team matching. What are the best teams to work at citadel as a software dev? Also, which teams should I avoid? Yoe 3 yrs TOC ( current job) 250k #finance #interview
- Citadel Had a phone screen with Citadel that went well for a role on new team that’s trying to scale up. Reading the threads here it sounds like Citadel has long hours and pay isn’t much better than FAANG. I’d be ok with some stress and 45 hour weeks. Wouldn’t mind doing 50 hours if the pay was right. Wh
- Referrals at Citadel/Citadel Securities Reach out to me if you are looking for referrals at Citadel/Citadel Securities
- Citadel Teams Have a citadel offer on their hedge fund side and was wondering what teams are known to have better (tech) culture/talent, better WLB, and better management. I have a lot of freedom to choose which team I'll be on. Based on my background and experience, recruiter told me that a front office team on
- Career Progression at Citadel, Two Sigma Considering offers at citadel, two sigma. Awaiting final numbers. How’s the career progression for SWE? I see some old posts of citadel employees saying it’s a dead end job, and that what you learn is too niche. Is this true? I’m bored at meta and want something more fast paced. Are these good opt
- Citadel Clients How does one go about investing their money with the quant firms like Citadel? Do they only invest their own capital, that of other large businesses, or can ultra high net worth individuals knock on their door? Who’s money are they ultimately playing with? I bet their returns are fantastic and woul
- Citadel How is Citadel securities WLB for Front Office? Especially for SRE/Devops role. A headhunter reached out to me. Here is what I am looking for. 1. Wlb in citsec sre front office. 2. Pip rate 3. Bonus gurantee for meets expectations. Current TC: meah $191 (got lowballed 10 years ago) Yoe: 21 #faan
- Citadel ads I keep getting citadel ads and it made me wonder why do they advertise for recruiting? I feel like the top candidates already know about citadel and the lower tier average ones like myself probably won’t even get an interview. What’s the benefit of ads? Or is citadel expanding its interview process
- Citadel Offer I recently got positive feedback from Citadel interview. I see an insane polarized view about Citadel and it questions whether to consider them. I have a year old son and wlb is good here at Amazon. Also, I see insane TC from Citadel in this forum. What can I expect? YoE: 10 Current TC: 400k L6
- vote Citadel data engg org Currently working at a large asset management firm as a Senior Software Engineer. Getting an offer from Amazon (Ads org) and Citadel reached out for data engg role. Is it worth considering Citadel and going through the whole interview process ? How is their data engg org and engineering org overall
- Careers at Citadel and Citadel Securities Feel free to reach out for information and/or referrals
- Citadel Any thoughts on what it's like to work at Citadel for an engineer? Thoughts on leadership, upward mobility?
- Citadel interview Got a phone screen at Citadel Securities in 2 weeks from now. How to prep? tc: 185k
- FB or Citadel Quant Got ML SWE return offer from FB and still interviewing with Citadel quant. Just wondering if I should just accept the FB offer now since I hate living in Chicago and I heard it would be hard to survive at Citadel. But also heard that comp at Citadel can be way way higher. Any thoughts on this? Tha
- Citadel Teams Joining Citadel as a new grad SWE. Have to pick from CIS (at Securities), Post-Trade Management, and Equities Engineering (at the hedge fund). I am interested in back-end engineering, distributed systems, etc. I want to prioritize career development and growth. Any thoughts/opinions? TC: 230k #ci
- Citadel WLB Currently at Google. Considering an offer from Citadel for a lot more TC. However, I like my WLB at Google. Manager is very hands off, and I can frequently enjoy a long weekend or afternoon without clocking vacation time. How’s life at Citadel? TC 250, Citadel offer is for 400k
- Bloomberg/Citadel referral Can a kind soul please give me a referral to Bloomberg or Citadel in NY since girl I am dating is moving there? I work at one of the better teams at AWS yoe: 1.5 tc: 185k
- Ousting Citadel I’ve now decided that Citadel needs to be ousted from its position of highness. I’m one of the most prolific engineers in the world and I’ve decided that I will take them on. In addition, we also need an exchange that is not controlled by the establishment. Who’s with me? #investments
- vote Meta vs Citadel London Hey, I have two new grad offers from Meta and Citadel in London. Anyone worked at both companies and can compare WLB, career and comp growth? Meta Base: £63k Bonus: 10% RSU: $160k Sign on: £30k TC (first year): £122k Citadel Base: £115k Bonus: £70k TC: £185k #meta #facebook #citadel #citadelsec
- Citadel Securities vs Citadel - GQS Hi everyone. I am trying to decide working as a SWE at CitSec vs GQS(some of the more engineering heavy subteams) . Any thoughts on comparing GQS to Low Latency Tech or OMM or Advanced Tech in terms of work, growth, wlb, etc. I’m interested in low level systems work and want a dev heavy role. Thank
- Citadel / Citadel Securities Team Match? Hi, Does anyone know how long does the Citadel/CitSec team match phase usually take? Thanks! #citadel #citadelsecurities
- Citadel fund I know this probably a stupid question, but if you are an employee at Citadel, do they allow you to participate in the fund? #citadel
- Citadel interviews Working at amazon. Looking to move to Chicago for personal reasons. Naturally citadel came up as a possible future employer. Also looking to increase my TC 👀. Also because pip games. What are software engineer interviews like? Do they focus on cloud dev stuff or low level stuff? What do software e
- vote Citadel Culture What are the hours per week actually like at Citadel for a software engineer? EDIT: should be 40-49. would really appreciate any group recommendations
- Citadel compensation I might be getting an offer for a SWE position in a back-office team at Citadel HF soon. What's the normally expected salary and what might be an appropriate amount to ask for? Yoe: 6.5
- Citadel Does anyone have insight into working as a software engineer at Citadel? I've read other posts on here which don't paint a rosy picture. I'm trying to understand why people hate on Citadel so much. I'm considering an opportunity on the cloud/data infrastructure/platform team.
- Citadel and Citadel Securities Interviewing I had a pretty poor interview with Citadel NXT a few days ago and didn't make it through. I was wondering if anyone knows if this would impact my ability to apply for Citadel Securities in the future, or do they have separate interviewing processes? Cheers yoe: <1 tc: 155
- Citadel vs Citadel Securities How do these compare in terms of culture, WLB, and tech used/code quality, etc. (specifically for an SWE)? How does the work that an SWE does in these 2 places differ (for a new/recent grad) YoE: 0
- citadel “booming?!?” Today i got a call from a citadel recruiter saying that they are “booming” and have 25 open positions to fill. They require take home coding exam because they “dont have enough time to interview candidates one on one”. Anyone from Citadel care to verify? @Citadel #Citadel
- Anyone else think we shouldn't blame Robinhood or Citadel? This is all speculation. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I wasn't investing last time there was a market crash and have no personal experiences with crashes. I believe it's likely the US government had everything to do with the stopping of buy orders on RH. There's no way the GOV is going to risk a
- Working at Citadel vs Citadel Securities Just got off the phone with a recruiter and I didn't ask - but would like to know the difference between Citadel and Citadel Securities. Which would be better pay to work for? I understand the WLB isn't great but I'm willing to sacrifice this because I've already lived in NYC my whole life and can
- Citadel/Citadel Securities and NXT referrals Does anyone need a referral?