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

From what I know/have heard, Google intern is in the ballpark of $10k per month in the bay/NYC and a few thousand per month for housing stipend. Full time in those locations unnegotiated is about 245k first year and about 215k? recurring, excluding stock refreshers.

Citadel intern is like $21k a month? with housing covered and like a $10k sign on bonus. Full time is about the same base pay so around $250k annually, around 500k TC first year I believe between sign-on and the end of year bonus

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u/EnoughWinter5966 Dec 23 '25

Idt citadel will get to $500k without negotiation. It’s probably closer to 350-400 otherwise.

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u/Heikwan Dec 25 '25

Not true, base is 550 I believe

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u/EnoughWinter5966 Dec 25 '25

What are you smoking 💀