Citi Tests

Careers at Citi

Citi endeavours to provide a strong family-oriented culture, putting significant effort in to ensure everyone is reaching their full potential and being nurtured to succeed at every junction possible. As a global company, Citi strives for a high level of diversity and inclusion when hiring, aiming to make sure all employees feel motivated, encouraged and comfortable at all times.

There are a number of different career paths that you can follow when working with Citi; these are divided into different ‘programmes’ that you can choose. Consider these if you’re in your last year of undergraduate study or a Masters degree.

The management associate programme, for example, is a leadership development programme, training future management candidates in teamwork and leadership. It gives a broad overview of the company as a whole.

Academy analysts have a highly tailored programme of business training that goes toward building the strongest base possible for starting your career with Citi.

With the full-time analyst programme, you will be trained to become one of Citi’s analysts. This involves mentorship and detailed training, as well as hands-on experience dealing with clients and customers to set you on the right path.

The application process for Citi typically takes place over the course of a few weeks and consists of various stages. These include an online application form, some aptitude tests as well as a number of interviews, conducted either over the phone, in person, or via video call.

Following these stages, you will take part in an assessment centre, which will further test your aptitude, industry and company knowledge, as well as your general suitability for the role. Each stage will require a different form of preparation and having good knowledge of Citi is essential.

Online application form

The first stage consists of an online application form. As well as the usual information related to your work history, educational history and personal information, it’s a key opportunity for you to demonstrate exactly why you would make a great applicant for Citi.

Ensure that all the information you provide is accurate and up-to-date. To avoid any confusion, make it easy to contact you throughout the application process.

Citi numerical reasoning test

A numerical reasoning test is the next step (Citi uses Talent Q for its tests).

Due to the mathematical nature of some of the work you would be doing with Citi, such as data interpretation or analysis, a simple test of your arithmetic skills is necessary. This will not be anything hugely advanced, and your score will be based on the speed and efficiency with which you can provide your answers.

The questions in this test will have a one-minute time limit for you to answer, so it is a good idea to make sure you are completely ready before beginning. You may be required to redo this test at a later stage of the application process.

Citi logical reasoning test

Following this is a logical reasoning test (also delivered through Talent Q). Similarly to the numerical reasoning test, this relates to the aspects of your job that require quick, lateral thinking for problem solving.

There is no particular preparation necessary, since the tests are diagrammatic in nature and do not follow any particular pattern; they will test spatial reasoning and similar skills related to your problem-solving skills.

This test consists of a sequence of patterns that a candidate will have to analyse and interpret, to then relate to similar patterns. This takes the form of looking through a series of patterns and shapes to fill in a gap, or simply predict which would come next in the sequence. The answers are given through a multiple-choice selection.