Citi

Role: Software Engineer (Implied)

College: Not Specified

Interview Date: 2023

Interview Type: Full-Time, On-Campus

Result: Not Specified

Difficulty: Medium

Rounds: 4 rounds (Online Aptitude + Technical Round 1 + Technical Round 2 + HR Round)

Topics Asked: Verbal Section, LR, Advance Quants, Coding, Projects, Tech Stack, Features, "Why Citi", DBMS (Normalization, table design, SQL), Coding (swap two numbers without temporary variable), Situation-based questions, Behavioral questions.

Experience:

This interview experience for Citi India was an on-campus drive in 2023.

Online Aptitude: This round included Verbal Section, Logical Reasoning, Advanced Quants, and 2 Coding Questions. The difficulty level was easy to medium.

Technical Round 1: This round focused heavily on the candidate's projects, including detailed cross-questions regarding the choice of tech stack and features. The interviewer also asked "Why Citi?". No questions on OOPs, DBMS, OS, or CN were asked in this round.

Technical Round 2: This round started with the interviewer asking about the candidate's favorite subject. The candidate chose DBMS, leading to questions on Normalization. A situation was given involving a bank and a company, and employees having accounts in that bank, asking how many tables would be required for this situation. A coding question was asked to swap two numbers without using a temporary variable (two approaches were required). A situation-based question was also posed: "What is the thing that you hate about the corporate world?".

HR Round: Basic HR questions were asked, such as "Tell me about a project you are proud of" and "What challenges did you face while working on this project?".