I applied online. I interviewed at Citi (San Jose, CA) in May 2021
Interview
I applied online. I interviewed at Citi(San Jose, CA) in May 2021.
The interviewer didn't even ask questions about me or my background. Directly jump into the coding interview. I observed that while solving the questions, the interviewer was busy with something else and not even paying attention to what I was doing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Python: read 100s of CSV file and merge common data to a data frame.
SQL: calculate distance from centroid and lat-long (from three different tables) and output city names that fall outside the radius.
The technical interview lasts about one hour. The interviewer is not an employee of the company, but from a third-party interviewing platform, and the interview time is quite flexible interview time is quite flexible.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interview mainly focused on SQL, Python coding, and some general technical Data Engineering questions.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Citi (Toronto, ON) in Mar 2026
Interview
screening, karat interview scenario based. Coding interview for the first round and a lot of scenario-based questions even on ML on 2nd interview. both the interview lasted 1 hr and 2nd interview barely gave 10 min for sql 3 cte query
Two rounds of interview, one is online with basic questions. Another one is physical interview with handwritten coding questions. There are multiple python and Pyspark questions for second rounds. Need to write code on the spot or answer the output of questions provided.
