RejectedOnsite

Two First Rounds and Progressive Matrix Questions

CitadelSoftware Engineer · Onsite · May 2026

I asked a lot of people, and they all said they had two first-round interviews. I received both as well, but I did not make it to the second round. The first one: I was asked only one question: share some especially difficult problems you worked on recently and explain them. For the coding portion, a prefix tree or trie was enough to solve it. The question was very similar to a search suggestion…

Shared by a candidate · reported May 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.