Citi

To prepare for an interview, I would suggest preparing for two different types of questions: the behavioral and the case. You can find samples of typical behavioral interview questions online, and the best preparation would be to have an answer in mind for each of the questions. Your answers shou...

Citi is an stunning organization. The people who you work with are extremely passionate individuals. You are not only limited to learn and get support from upper management but also from everyone you get to meet in the organization. In my particular case, my managers were outstanding. I recall to...

The career progression will definitely depend on your passion about your career and doing the qualities/experiences I described before. If they are high, you will progress very fast. You start progressing and supervising more individuals as a Manager and teams as a Director. In my personal opinio...

There really is no set routine because the workload heats up at different points of the year (its particularly heavy when companies are releasing earnings). However, I generally showed up to the office around 9, and mornings were usually not terribly busy. You'll find most people waiting for dire...

This truly depends on your manager – a Digital Product Management Summer Analyst at Citi could spend their entire summer assisting their VPs and SVPs on projects and research, or even own an entire project. For me personally, I was able to work independently on a project throughout the duration o...

The skills required for the Global Digital Strategy Analyst position are mostly soft skills. The role requires you to do research and be able to analyze, condense, and present/communicate the information in a meaningful and efficient way. This requires good problem solving skills and critical thi...

In my case, hard work, multi-tasking and ability to work long hours. Sometimes it maybe a bit difficult to get a work-life balance, and adjustments need to be made. In terms of technical knowledge, most of the training would hopefully be provided by the staff where learning must be done by workin...

Worked with costumers on a daily basis, meeting their banking needs. Answered or referred their questions to appropriate individuals. Maintained and balanced cash drawer daily. Secured costumer information and other important documents. Accepted and processed costumer deposits and loan paymen...

I was fortunate to intern with Citi in the summer of 2015. During my time as an intern, I had the opportunity to participate in an account entitlement project. One of Citi's institutional clients, Hewlett-Packard, was in the process of dividing into two separate companies. As you can imagine, thi...

Technology Analysts have an excellent work-life balance. I had happy hour drinks with my team a lot and it was a good way to get to know them as well. Technology Summer Analysts are only expected to work 40 hours a week. You can work overtime if you want or if you feel you have extra work, but th...

A couple of things: -- Be proactive. The project assigned is only one metric to evaluate the performance of an intern. There are a lot of other metrics that are not 'assigned' to interns but those turn out to be the real touchstone, such as fast learning, coordination of efforts and willingness t...

Citi definitely is one of the companies that looks to groom it's employees for career development and offers ample organizational resources to lean on. In my experience though most learning comes from being around smart and experiences people. Find them and get them to mentor you.

All employees are asked three questions, is what we do in the best interest of our clients, does it provide economic value and are we being systematically responsible? This role take into account those questions, plus more.

Some of the most important aspects to look for in a bank teller is someone who is detail oriented and organized. There are so many minute rules that must be followed at the bank and it is impossible for someone who is messy and careless to balance each day or process transactions that abide by al...

The vault teller arrives an hour before the bank opens, and the other tellers can arrive 15 minutes before the bank opens. We grab our cash from the vault and log on to the computer each morning. Once the bank is open we help clients with transactions like cash/check deposits and withdraws; check...

The most important skill is customer service. The ability to deal with challenging clients is probably the toughest part. People are often angry at the bank, and they try to take it out on you, so you just need to empathize and offer solutions. Second, is sales. It will depend what the priorities...

The most important skill in a Product Management type role is being able to work and communicate cross-functionally between teams – you'll be interacting with key stakeholders such as the engineering & development teams, the user research team, the design team (in-house and outsourced agencies), ...

Compensation is going to depend on your market. I was in San Francisco, the base pay ~35k but the commission structure was pretty lucrative. I was averaging ~1k per month in bonuses on top of base. The best month I bonused over ~3k.

A software developer in Citi develops software which can either serve external clients (retail/consumer) or internal clients, (think investment banking teams). I was working on securities and services (securities are a type of financial instrument like bonds) division. I was working on automating...

It varies for every business unit (IB, PWM, etc.), but they will all have a portion that talks about the company, the business unit, and the various teams. They'll also focus on their code of conduct, skills you should employ, how to navigate the org, etc. It will be a lot of information so the o...