I applied through college or university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Citi in Sep 2010
Interview
Since I am studying in the States and the job was in Hong Kong, I went through 3 phone interviews. The first two was with the MD and the VP. These were more casual. They asked me basic questions, walked through my resume and told me about what it would be like to work there. I thought I did pretty good on these two but the third phone interview with the Associate stopped me from going further. I suppose when they assign their employees to interview candidate, they specified what they were responsible for (i.e., technical or behavioral). I think the Associate was responsible for technical because he kept drilling me on what kind of quantitative analysis I have used in the projects I did. If there are methods he mentioned but I never used, I will try to convert the topic and bit but he wouldn't buy it. He would just keep asking if I used some other valuation.
The interview process at Citi followed a fairly standard bulge bracket structure and was well organized overall. After submitting my application online, I was contacted by HR for an initial screening call that focused primarily on my background, interest in investment banking, and motivation for applying to Citi. This call was conversational and lasted about 20–30 minutes.
The first formal interview round consisted of one-on-one interviews with analysts and associates. These interviews included a mix of behavioral and technical questions. Behavioral questions focused on my past experiences, teamwork, leadership, and reasons for pursuing investment banking and Citi specifically. Technical questions covered core valuation concepts, including DCF methodology, enterprise value, and how changes in depreciation affect financial statements
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How does a $10 increase in depreciation affect the three financial statements
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Citi (New York, NY) in Feb 2026
Interview
on campus 1-on-1 with an associate, really behaviorally focused and got asked a lot of specifics about things i had on my resume, barely got asked any technicals and the ones that were asked were very simple,
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
walk through resume, why IB, why citi, walk through a dcf, walk through a deal
Meeting with analysts and associate, 30 minutes, typical banking interview process. Nice interviewers, standard investment banking interview questions, behavioral and technical questions. Heard back a few weeks later about my process
