Citi

Citi (and most financial services companies) is very careful about what goes into production. Engineering processes are taken very seriously. That can be a valuable learning experience. On the flip side Citi is largely process driven and doesn't do "Move fast and break things", which I often wish...

As an application developer 1, you'll be an entry level developer. You'll be responsible for addressing tickets on the product that you're working on. You may not have the authority to choose which tickets to address(especially if it's a larger production project). However I also had the opportun...

There are two types of Technology Analysts: Product Support and Software Development. You are placed on a team and are given a larger main project and depending on the team, other smaller projects to work on. At the end of the summer you present on your project(s) to senior management. Some of wh...

I experienced a very positive and bustling culture at Citi. It is a very large company and this means that interns are given all the tools and resources they need to succeed, and it is up to them to use these tools. Your team will be very supportive of you if you are willing to ask for help and w...

What I like: you have huge exposure to different products within an asset class. If you are an equity trader, you may focus on only 1,2 products. But being an equity market risk manager, you and your team (3, 4 people) will have to oversee all products within equity: cash equity, program trading,...

Since creating my profile, Citi has gone under a bit of restructuring and I am now part of the Production Management Reporting team still serving as a Data Analyst. It is the same role that I have been serving in since I joined Citi 5 years ago. The Production Management organization responsible ...

I use the Microsoft Office suite daily, that is the only skill that I would say that I meed tp remain sharp in. Going into this role 5 years ago, I did not have many other skills outside of that other than having studied them conceptually in classes in my college course. Over the years, I have pi...

Citi is a global bank that moves a lot of money. Any security that you contribute helps keep that money secure and protected. You may be doing that directly through monitoring, mitigating, programming, etc, or you may be helping a team make sure they can do just that by automating their processes...

When in college I spent one summer in the risk department of a commercial bank, and was conducting due diligence for the business loan portfolio. I was guided by an internal document that lined out the risk management framework. I was okay with intuitively understanding the rules but felt curious...

Any quantitative project experiences, such as a quant model development experience as a intern, conducting academic research that involved some level of statistical analysis, mathematical modeling, or results from some competitions. Other than those, for Quant Trader, as the name suggests, unders...