Citadel HF employee interviewing me for CitSec role?

I'm interviewing with Citadel Securities, and I saw that my phone interview is scheduled with someone who works at Citadel Hedge Fund based on linkedin (and their blog website). It's not a Citadel Hedge Fund interview because I have a separate interview scheduled with Citadel Hedge Fund. So I'm really confused why I'm interviewing with a Citadel HF person for a CitSec role.

My external recruiter doesn't know either.

Has anyone experienced this before? Is it common for them to have interviewers from both firms conducting interviews for each other? 

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Are you sure its not just a Citadel sec employee stunting on linkedin pretending they work for the HF?

Yeah, that could be. I also thought perhaps they did work at HF and then moved to securities. 

But I have also heard that the traditional Citadel process actually has you in the pool for both companies, and you don't know which one you're interviewing for until the later stages or offer stage. 

 

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