Citi Second Round Interview – Summer Associate Program – Malaysia

*** Report on Citi Second Round Interview questions and details from a Cover Letter Library member’s experiences. This is based on Citibank second round interview for Summer Associate Program in Kuala Lumpur in 2016. There may be some variations depending on the offices or other new updates to the recruitment practice by Citibank – so please use this for reference / preparation purposes only ***

Some first bits on the logistics

• Who’s the lucky company?
  Citi
• For which division at Citi?
  Summer Associate
• And for which office?
  Kuala Lumpur
• Which year was this Citi interview?
  2016
• What’s the formal title of the position you interviewed for?
  Citibank Summer Associate
• How were you informed of this Citi Second Round Interview?
  HR emailed
• Were you able to choose the time slot yourself?
  No
• And this interview was therefore…
  In the morning
• Was this a … ?
  phone interview
• How long was each interview?
  Both interviews lasted about an hour
• Which stage was this Citi Interview?
  second round interview

Let’s talk about this second round interview in some details

• • How many interviewers were in this Citi Second Round Interview ?
    1

• • Were there any personal / CV-based questions? If yes, what were they?
    Tell me about yourself
    What do you do in your free time
    3 words to describe yourself
    Tell me more about ____ (CV Specific)

• • Were there any competencies questions? If yes, what were they?
    Tell me about a time you failed
    Something you’re most proud of
    Tell me about your best and worst team experience
    Tell me about a time when your team had conflict, how did you resolve it
    What was the most challenging thing you faced this year

• • Were there any technical questions? If yes, what were they?
    No

• • Any other weird questions we haven’t covered?
    Tell me something that’s not in your CV

• • What was the most difficult / unusual question among these? How did you deal with it?
    Tell me something that’s not in your CV caught me off guard, but I think the intention of the question was to get to know more about you. At the end of the day, they want to choose someone that will work well with the team as well, so don’t be afraid to be yourself and don’t limit yourself to share things that might be “relevant” to the industry

• • What was the most unexpected thing about this second round interview ?
    My interviewer was very casual and friendly

• • Did you progress to the next round?
    Yes

• • How long roughly did it take for you to hear back about this outcome?
    2 days

• • Via what means did you hear back about this outcome?
    Email

• • Is there anything you wish you should have known or prepared for prior to this second round interview at Citi?
    No

• • Overall, how would you evaluate your experience of this Citi Second Round Interview?
    9

• Before you go, is there anything else you think will help other candidates ace this second round interview at Citi?
  Not really – you’d do great!

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