Citadel vs Microsoft Internship

Oct 13, 2020 18 Comments

Have offers from both and I'm having trouble deciding where I want to go.

I don't particularly care about intern salary, but if you're interested:
Microsoft - 7366/month + housing
Citadel - 3000/week + housing

So, a few things I'm worried about:

1. Resume brand. If I end up not liking Citadel and want to move to tech, would I be able to get a good amount of responses from faang/unicorns for new grad recruiting? I feel like this wouldn't be a problem if I went to Microsoft.

2. Culture/WLB. I'm young so I don't mind working around ~50 hours/week, but I don't want to be in a super high pressure environment. I heard Citadel is super cutthroat, competitive, and just has a toxic culture in general, which scares me if I were to go full time there. Meanwhile Microsoft seems to be the exact opposite in this regard.

3. Money. Citadel obviously pays way more than Microsoft for both intern and full time, but don't know if I'm willing to forego the latter points for money.

I've never had an internship in any of these industries so I'm honestly not sure what I even want which is why I'm doing internships in the first place. Would really appreciate any advice. Thanks!

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  • IBM
    pls_refer

    Go to company page IBM

    pls_refer
    This forum is TC-obsessed. We will all recommend citadel. 3 months of sufferring for a lifetime flex, it's a really impressive name to have.
    Oct 13, 2020 3
    • IBM
      pls_refer

      Go to company page IBM

      pls_refer
      Eh, im currently sufferring at Facebook. Its not fun here either lol
      Oct 13, 2020
    • Citadel
      beep100k

      Go to company page Citadel

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      Facebook
      beep100k
      Citadel interns donโ€™t suffer. They get private jetted out to covid bubble 5 star resorts, paid ~13K/mo+food+housing, given a ton of perks, and an extremely well supported mentorship program. Your quality of life becomes zero-th world.

      Full time Is a more nuanced decision but for an internship itโ€™s an obvious choice
      Oct 14, 2020
  • Google
    0101011010

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    0101011010
    how is this even a serious question?
    if you wonโ€™t like citadel, youโ€™ll get new grad interviews at faag easily
    Oct 13, 2020 0
  • Citadel
    gxr5219

    Go to company page Citadel

    gxr5219
    Come to the dark side ๐Ÿ˜Ž

    Edit: Iโ€™m joking, but my biased opinion would be take citadel
    Oct 13, 2020 2
    • Do you think someone like me who is not super confident in their abilities but is a hard worker could survive at citadel? I feel like the culture would chew me up and throw me out lol
      Oct 13, 2020
    • Citadel
      PmtF25

      Go to company page Citadel

      PmtF25
      Anyone with Yukino as their username will thrive here

      On a more serious note, worst case you don't get a return offer. No downside taking it as an internship imo and seeing what it's like; you'll _very_ likely be able to get a full time offer from big tech if that's what you want later
      Oct 13, 2020
  • Juniper
    jocker

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    jocker
    You are still young OP, hands down go with the Citadel. If things didn't work out, you have truck loads of companies to try. Brand factor of Citadel will open up many future opportunities than MSFT.
    Oct 13, 2020 0
  • Citadel
    freedommm

    Go to company page Citadel

    freedommm
    Intern at citadel and full time at FAANG. Citadel internship has a lot of perks. Itโ€™s unreal.
    Oct 14, 2020 3