Next week I have a first round (2 30-minute phone interviews) with Citi for the NY IBD SA role. All of the threads seem outdated. What can I expect?
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Which region
NY
Probably not as relevant, APAC Citi's phone interview is basically just weeding out weak candidates. Purely done by junior analysts, they will just ask easy technicals and maybe some "why IBD". Wasn't difficult to pass.
It's more like ticking boxes kinda interview, after phone they will hand out the actual first-round interviews.
How'd it go??
I studied like crazy and it was mainly behaviorals and a few easy technical questions. Spoke with the associate for a while after our call was supposed to end.
I hope I get a super day
Is this always seen as a good sign? I had this happen to me at a recent Superday. We spoke about our hobbies lol
I pray it is lol
I wish you the best
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