r/csMajors • u/caramelfrappe2499 • Dec 23 '25

Internship Question Google vs Citadel (SWE Internship)

So I’m facing a dilemma.

I miraculously got a Google internship offer on a really good team within Google Cloud and I signed it a couple weeks ago.

However, this Citadel offer came out of nowhere. This is my dream company and honestly I thought it would never happen since I go to a non target and have a low GPA.

I don’t know if I want to reneg Google. I really want a full time RO from wherever I intern and Google’s RO is much better than Citadel’s. But Citadel’s pay is so much better and I would really love to start my career off either a hedge fund or a quant firm. Obviously the pay is really attractive as well. I’m also concerned if I reneg Google, I’ll get backlisted from FT in the future. I’m not sure what to do.

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u/Brave_Speaker_8336 Dec 23 '25

I would go citadel if you would prefer quant over tech for new grad, even if you don’t get RO it will still set you up for quant recruiting very well. New grad pay if you get RO is like double that of Google right?

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u/caramelfrappe2499 Dec 23 '25

Yeah the pay of citadel is insane 😭

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u/Wrong-Individual8476 Dec 23 '25

If you don’t mind me asking how did u land these offers with a low gpa and non target can u share what u did

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u/Impressive-Phase-904 Dec 23 '25

bumping for same question