Citadel ads

Jun 30, 2021 27 Comments

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 for people outside target schools?

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  • Lower tier average candidates must not ask such questions
    Jun 30, 2021 2
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    • nozamA

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    • nozamA
    > top candidates already know about citadel

    Spoken like a true Blinder. Of course we of all people would know about all the top companies. However it is not the same for most people outside our bubble here. Many of the smartest kids I knew back in college who couldve easily cleared these interviews given their competitive programming background, were way more into grad school and shit like that than knowing even basic knowledge of which companies pay well
    Jun 30, 2021 2
    • OP
      I feel like competitive coders tend to know about citadel no? If someone was in competitive coding and didn’t hear about citadel this is definitely a strong use case thanks for your insight
      Jun 30, 2021
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      WRkK83

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      WRkK83
      Tru all the top students in my program went on to get PhDs. They didn’t give a shit about FAANG, TC, any of that
      Jul 11, 2021
  • U work at Fb, if you call urself low tier then who is top tier
    Jun 30, 2021 6
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    pcxk47

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    pcxk47
    I come from top tier univ and I am quite a good LC coder. Got contacted several times by citadel, and I simply don’t want it. The world of finance doesn’t necessarily attract all the best talents in CS.
    Jun 30, 2021 3
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      pcxk47

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      pcxk47
      When your product/job isn’t attractive enough by itself, advertising can only help. It helps the company visibility - being a top 10 company requires continuous visibility.

      Also, targeting options on ads can help citadel to understand their audience / AB test ads to understand what type of job offers people are more interested in,.. For the sake of gathering hiring data, advertising doesn’t seem too stupid. Especially when you pay your new hires thousands a day.

      And citadel could be a pioneer, in a few years every company could be advertising to find talents via traditional ads instead of LinkedIn. Supply and demand will decide I guess
      Jun 30, 2021
    • OP
      Makes sense thanks for your insight!
      Jun 30, 2021
  • The issue is many top candidates don’t know about citadel or they read all the rumors on Blind about horrible wlb which may have been true when citadel was smaller and growing faster. Ads probably help dispel these rumors and paint a better picture of citadel
    Jul 2, 2021 4