Oil Trader @ Citadel

I have absolutely no background in oil trading, but having got a bit fed up/bored with my career in a big conservative AM i decided to branch out and explore other options. Through sheer luck and good timing an opportunity has come up to (potentially) join Citadel as a junior oil trader. Interview still to go, but I just want some help deciding whether I actually want this job or not.

What is the day to day like? Is it an intense all-hours-god-sends type of job? What sort of skills make you good at it? Does it all boil down to intelligence / social skills / math acuity / etc? Any idea of the comps from start to a few years out?

I hear the burnout is pretty high which adds to my reluctance of leaving my current stable job... but still, its Citadel!

Thanks in advance

 

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