Citigroup sophomore rotational program

The deadline was yesterday. How would anyone have an interview yet?

I've applied also. I hope I hear from them soon. I'll let you know when/if I do.

Talked to one of the head recruiters. She said "we're not gonna start looking at resumes until after that (Feb 15th).."

How much financial knowledge do they expect us to have going in? Is it mainly fit type interviews, or do they expect us to pitch a stock?

This is pretty much my last chance since I'm guessing I've gotten dinged by BSC ( haven't heard back since I interviewed with them week of Feb. 4th).

Dinged List: BSC, UBS, JPM

Last Chance: Citi ( a bank that's pretty much been dinging itself for over 6 months )lol.

citi > no job

Last year's stats from one of the recruiters in charge of the program:

800 applied 150 phone interviews 60 superdays ~30 interns

That was only the first year of the program so they expect a lot more to apply this year while still maintaining the same amount of interviews. Also, non targets have little to no chance.

Pmlok,

How do you know if non targets have little to no chance?

any updates?

nothing yet! :(

heard JPM barely took anyone, got my rejection email the other day from a very nice recruiter.

haven't heard back from Citi, but am not holding out for it! have a superday with a MM coming up shortly.

I was rejected from JPM also. They didn't take very many. I actually went to their super day! And I did well in all of my interviews. Connected well with all of my interviews.. seriously.. still got a rejection. =/...

At least you didn't have an MD declare you were very smart and that he really expected you to summer, and then get rejected. I hate sophomore recruiting.

It will take at least a week for Citi to screen resumes.

Just got an e-mail from a Citigroup recruiter asking me to fix something (name change, long story) on my application. The recruiters are really nice! They will start looking at resumes tomorrow apparently.

In a prior post, you mention that you are a freshman. How are you applying for a sophomore program?

Basically I'm a first year on a three year BA course, graduating in 2010, so equivalent to a sophomore.

I sent an e-mail to an HR contact to send her an updated copy of my resume and she seemed very informative and I go to a non-targeted school, so I think they do at least look at our resumes.

I just got an email to sign up for a 1st round phone interview

Got the email as well.

Rejected. Sad, but not surprised; I'm not doing a related or even quantative subject, I don't go to an American college, and, with over 1000 applicants for 30 places (so the rejection e-mail said), they were bound to find better candidates. Congratulations to all those who were invited to interview.

=/. i havent gotten anything and that's sad because it's probably my last chance at anything for the summer...

does anyone know what to expect for the phone interviews? what types of questions are they going to ask? im guessing it will be mostly fit.. and its only 20 mins long.

any suggestions/tips?

got the interview for this recently cant interview.. already accepted offer elsewhere

I heard through a contact they are going to be giving out first round interviews up till 2/28

got the e-mail. For the people that got interviews, who are you interviewing with?

Does anyone know how soon we will hear back after the interview? Do they wait until everyone has been interviewed, as some have it on the 27th while others have it as late as early march?

Got an interview on the 29th. Hope it goes well.

How do the rotations work? Are we able to choose which 2 we want, or are we already interviewing for the 2?

Got the email yesterday. Woo.

Is it weird that I haven't gotten a rejection email yet..?

I haven't gotten one either, I am pretty sure they are through targets, than moving on to non-targets

I'm a nontarget ajdswim.

yeah, targets got the email last week, so they are now on non-targets this week.

Just had my interview.

Guys make sure you realize that the time is eastern. Living in Texas, I thought my interview was at 11, when it ended up being 10, so that caught me off guard.

On top of that my phone went out of batteries during the interview, so I had to fn sprint to an outlet and call again which probably means I was dinged. It's too bad too, because my actual interview went really well.

what kind of questions did they ask?

Had mine as well. I wouldn't worry about the interview - it is extremely informal.

just had mine.. the interviewer said there were over 1,000 applicants for 30 spots!!

We hear back next Thursday, right?

I had mine too..did anybody get tell me about the markets question? or all behavior questions?

Mine asked to pitch a stock, but that was because of other work experience I had.

I wasn't asked anything technical at all - disappointing.

Well, crossing my fingers I suppose its a good thing that I haven't recieved a rejection email yet. However, I did just recieve an offer from a regional MM! I was so excited when the recruiter called.

3.5 is the cut-off did somebody got an interview whose gpa is less than that

i had my interview last week, and she said by the end of this week. we'll see!

I just had the interview.. very nice lady. I got questions like: Walk me through your resume... tell me about your experience at your last internship... tell me about an event that affects the economy.. why Citi? .. explain IB to a nonbusiness person.

She told me desicions will be available on Friday.

good luck

Interviews conclude tomorrow. So I would expect people that make second round to be notified Thurs, and reject emails to go out Fri.

Was anyone else's interview really short? The interviewer called me earlier than our scheduled time b/c a meeting came up. We ended up speaking for around ~15mins..she got through all the questions previous people listed though.

did anybody send thank you notes and receive replies?

i sent a thank you and i got a reply.

did anybody hear back from them yet?

i havent. egh.

Nothing yet.

sucks, me too. i was told that we would hear back on wednesday....

That is definitely not true. Some people were interviewed on Wed. My lady said they would meet on Thurs to decide and we should hear by Fri.

Just got a call...made it to superday lol...

Regarding to what someone said about Citi having 30 spots for this program, the lady I talked to said only 5 actually...so I'm not sure who's right or whether I heard wrong because I seriously had bad reception.

As always: advice???

i got the call. invited to the superday! woo!

same here! any advice for the superday??

m8875, i think it's 30 though. i mean, they rejection letter sent out to others said that 1000 applied for 30 spots.

I'm so pissed off. How could they not call me?

Maybe that rejection letter has not been revised from last year?! My friend got rejected and he said the letter does not have any numbers.

Actually I'm pretty sure the number cannot be 30 because they have about 3-4 recruiters doing the interviews and each interviewer picks 4 people to go to superday. So, it can't be 30 although I want it to be 30 lol...

my interviewer also told me there are about 30 spots...m8875, maybe she said 25 or 35 and all you heard was the 5

^Do you know how many will go to superday? I'm pretty sure today she said 4 people from the lot she interviewed made it to superday. There were only 3-4 recruiters doing the interviews right? at least as I remember from the web sign up page for phone interview.

well, when i signed up online for the phone interview, i thought i saw more than 4 recruiters interviewing. im not sure though. we'll see.

actually do u guys know when this superday will be? I got 10 gazillion midterm next week and a GS gig the following week hehe!!! Please tell me it's after March 20!

when you got the calls, did they come from blocked (i.e. unknown numbers), or were the numbers listed? just curious.

anyone know whether they give out all invitations at the same time, or whether its more spread out? do they give out nos right away and then wait on some maybes (considering how its already pretty late in the recruiting process and people may decline going to the superday). any ideas?

idk. i got my call from a normal number. and for m8875, my interviewer said either next week or the 28th.

Great! excellent!

I was gone for the past few hrs and I got a voicemail 5hrs ago that I got into final rounds. What dates do people have? March 14th & March 28th? Two dates right?

No call from me. But that was expected after my fn phone died mid-way through the interview.

Good luck to everyone that made it though.

The HR woman called to reject me. Is that common, or was she just being a bitch?

If she did so, she is being a bitch..

Omega, the one who called me said that she has a hard time calling and rejecting people. Why was it bad?

i think it's nice they call to reject people...more personal than a generic rejection email

I just don't like being led on by secretaries in HR. The woman asked me absolutely nothing technical during the interview and seemed very positive following it, so I don't know how she can decide who to move on.

She called me last evening saying: Hi, this is --- from Citi, do you have a moment to speak, then finally told me that I had been dinged. Too bad I don't have connections at this bank or I wouldn't tolerate HR bullshit.

Has anyone received the reject email yet? Just curious.

I personally think that it was nice of Citi that it cared to call you and give you the decision. You should have known in advance that first round interviews are generally comprised of fit/personality/get-to-know-you questions.

You applied to Citigroup's Sophomore Rotational Program, and the program is designed to educate you. I wouldn't be surprised if final-round interviews are also mostly fit questions.

I look forward to seeing those of you who are invited for the final-round interviews soon.

Best, SoulSearching

Why would a bank hire candidates based on whether a secretary likes their personalities?

Wow omega. First of all, HR recruiters are not secretaries. They are trained to conduct interviews such that applicants who move on in the process are a) qualified, and b) can function well in the work environment of their firm (i.e. fit). So yes, personality does matter a lot. If a person can do the work but can't relate to other employees or their clients, the firm does not benefit from his/her employment.

Secondly, you are a sophomore in college. You can't say that you know what it is that the banks need or want in an intern. The process is so competitive that I bet half the time it's totally arbitrary who moves on and who doesn't. I would say that probably everyone who was invited for a first round phone interview is qualified and capable of doing the work and making the most of the experience, so personality is a good way for recruiters to differentiate between all the candidates.

But isn't the equivalent of taking my maid and asking her to hire ibankers? Actually, I think my maid makes more...

Whoa...whoa! I never actually reply to comments like these but this is too much. By no means am I being emotional but I think it shows here why you didn't get the call back. I think you have shown enough immaturity and you don't handle rejections well. Most of the time there are simply too many qualified candidates that it's all luck.

Ok so I'm sorry for that rant. I think I read in one of your posts that you got GS spring program as did I. I'm sure you wouldn't mind working for GS. Did you know that they give top performers summer internships? I'm sure you wouldn't care in the future whether you got into Citi or not.

Also, GS interviewers were HR also...Are you implying that you won't accept that position because HR determined acceptance or maybe since they are HR, they probably made a mistake in hiring you? I don't think so. Also, fyi, the GS program will partly be led by HR. If you have something against HR, quit the program now.

I had maids and I don't think HR is equivalent them!