I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Citi (Moskau, ) in Mar 2012
Interview
First round is a phone interview with an HR company (CItibank is outsourcing it) in English. Not very hard. Questions like:"What is your favourite book?" and the HR girl was speaking English worse than me. You need to choose where you would like to work: retail, corporate banking, FO/BO. Next round: case study in a group of 6 and presentation, represantatives of different departments are watching. Then they interview each one of you.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked about Russian financial markets: largest MFs, what is a structured products, what is in Vedomosti today.
1 interview, then openday with 3 interviews. First one quite easy, openday a bit intense with different questions and themes approached. Process lasted more than 2 months, however HR was quite helpful and responsive.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Motivation, different types of derivative questions etc.
It was a really good interview process that I really liked and enjoyed doing. The first round was very casual and the questions werent challenging in the slightest. It felt low pressure or stress
They asked a mix of behavioral, technical and market questions. Pretty standard interview, no huge curveballs. There were a few brain teasers and mental math questions, no paper pen allowed.