University of Wisconsin-Madison · Computer Science
3rd year · 2.9-3.2 GPA · 1 past internship
Hard Interview
TechnicalMultiple roundsVirtual
Got cut at the final round!! Online assessment had aptitude, Python debugging and three DP/heap problems. Two back to back technical interviews on OOP and a tree problem, then behavioral
Questions Asked
1.“Whats the difference between mutable and immutable objects?”
2.“What is a CDN cache hit ratio and what affects it?”
Morgan Stanley
Technology Analyst
New York, NY
Summer 2025Accepted
University of Texas at Austin · Computer Science
5th year · 3.7+ GPA · 4+ past internships
Hard Interview
TechnicalMultiple roundsBehavioralVirtual
The OOP one was designing an order matching engine, domain specific but the interviewer guided me through it. OA had debugging questions and 3 coding problems, finished in time. Technical interviews 45 min each back to back. Behavioral at the end. Return offer rate seems high once you're in
Questions Asked
1.“Out of all your options why are you most interested in Morgan Stanley”
2.“Tell me about a project you're most proud of technically and why”
3.“What's the difference between strong and eventual consistency with a database example”
Citi
Technology Analyst
New York, NY
Summer 2026Accepted
University of Florida · Computer Science
5th year · 3.7+ GPA · 4+ past internships
Average Interview
TechnicalCase studyMultiple roundsVirtual
They want to see you think under pressure. Technical assessment was five timed sections on CS fundamentals. Interview day had behavioral questions and a quick case exercise with a messy dataset
Questions Asked
1.“What about Citi first caught your attention?”
2.“What's the time complexity of common operations on a hash map”
Goldman Sachs
Technology Analyst
New York, NY
Summer 2026Accepted
University of Michigan · Computer Science
3rd year · 3.7+ GPA · 3 past internships
Hard Interview
TechnicalMultiple roundsPre-recordedVirtualFast process
Offer 5 days later. Hirevue then superday, three back to back interviews. Binary search and dynamic programmg
Questions Asked
1.“Describe a time you underestimated a task and how you handled the expectation gap.”
Citi
Technology Analyst
New York, NY
Winter 2025No Offer
Penn State University · Computer Science
1st year · 2.9-3.2 GPA · 0 past internships
Average Interview
TechnicalBehavioralMultiple roundsVirtual
Binary tree section moved way too fast. Recruiter reached out first, then the technical test split into 5 timed sections covering questions on stacks queues trees sorting and OOP. Live interview after with an analyst and a VP, mostly behavioral, why Citi and why tech in banking. Didn't make it past that round
Questions Asked
1.“Describe a time you had to debug a problem that only appeared in production not locally”