1.5 Hour Long first round interview

Hello,

I have been seeing reports on the Citi form that someone got a 1.5 hour long first round interview. Why is the first round so long?

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Basically first round is already a hybrid of written tests + technical / awareness assessment

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What do you mean written test?

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In my region they require interns to take a written test to translate

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