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
What do you mean written test?
In my region they require interns to take a written test to translate
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