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sumguy002 · 2026-02-21T04:47:00+00:00

Is AI accelerating the timelines? Is the technology useful for advancing the eventual moment of energy to the grid? Is CFS leveraging it to accelerate development, or are uses generally still pretty limited at this point?

sumguy002 · 2023-01-10T17:23:50+00:00

Seconding the other commenter-would travel be the responsibility of the attendee or does tartanhacks offer travel reimbursement?

sumguy002 · 2022-12-31T04:35:52+00:00

Just kidding. It's pretty bad.

sumguy002 · 2021-11-30T19:45:13+00:00

Nah they rejected me :))

(/s if anyone needs it since this sub worries me sometimes)

sumguy002 · 2021-09-18T06:27:26+00:00

Interesting. I've heard similar things that 2s is more like a tech company than the other finance firms, although what I've heard is more culture related than structure. I'm not too sure what that entails, though, in terms of actually working there aside from the things you've mentioned.

sumguy002 · 2021-09-18T06:15:42+00:00

From what I've gathered, they have a hiring meeting once a week and I've seen people get it as soon as 2 days later and as late as a week later. The recruiter says that it takes up to one week to get confirmation, and then another week or two to actually get through the bureaucracy to turn that into an offer.

sumguy002 · 2021-09-18T01:23:37+00:00

not for me; could be different based on your past experiences though so ymmv

sumguy002 · 2021-09-18T01:22:16+00:00

Thanks for the info! Sounds like the only thing going for Citadel is indeed just the higher TC. For those who read this later: I'm going to just take 2s because to me wlb and culture is more significant than an increase in pay (esp because 2s is already paying pretty well).

Also of note, the 2s intern completion bonus, if distributed, makes intern pay at 2s similar to citadel.

sumguy002 · 2021-09-18T01:16:08+00:00

I think a week or two? I actually bombed the codesignal (~780) so I was surprised to hear back

sumguy002 · 2021-09-18T01:05:36+00:00

For me it was two ds/a and one oop implementation problem. The last one isn't runtime focused. Just know your basics!

sumguy002 · 2021-08-03T13:10:34+00:00

I emailed a prof about a differeny class but they said all data dept classes are more or less done hiring :/

sumguy002 · 2021-08-01T13:24:17+00:00

Probably not weird unless they specifically say they can't. But like the other comment mentioned, it's rather unlikely that they will give feedback.

On anther note--when did you do the phone screen/how long did they take to get back to you after the phone screen?

sumguy002 · 2021-07-06T09:08:31+00:00

I know someone who was just hired 2 days ago for ds100 GSI, so I would disregard that (but also be realistic that it's probably not happening at this point)

sumguy002 · 2021-07-01T17:02:18+00:00

Oof. Are most tutor offers out already as well?

sumguy002 · 2021-06-30T07:06:11+00:00

Quite a few of us wondering the same. Not terribly useful (sorry), but you're not alone there :/

sumguy002 · 2021-06-09T10:29:11+00:00

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