Citi 2028 Summer Analyst Application: Dates, Resume & Early ID

Applying to Citi for summer 2028? Check your resume against a Citi-style screen below, then read when each business opens, how Early ID fast-tracks sophomores and what happens after you submit on Workday.

A student and a university career adviser talking over a printed one-page resume at a small round table in a campus career center office, seen from across the room in soft spring daylight. — Citi asks you to highlight your skills and relevant experience in the application, and the resume is where that happens.

Key facts

When it opens: For summer 2027, New York investment banking opened for about three days in December 2025, announced only to Early ID participants, then generally from mid-January 2026. Citi says summer analyst applications typically open in September the year before.^8,9,2
Portal: Summer analyst roles are on Workday, and you need a new, Citi-specific Workday account. Early ID, the sophomore program, registers through Eightfold instead.^1,3
Choices: Early ID participants apply to at most two lines of business. Summer analyst roles are posted one by one, by business and city, so pick the ones you can explain in an interview.^3,4,5
Documents: A resume, through the online portal, highlighting your skills and relevant experience. Treat a cover letter as optional and put the effort into the resume.^1,3
GPA: The live US postings ask for a 3.3 or above in Sales and Trading and Quantitative Analysis, prefer 3.3 or above in Corporate Banking, and prefer 3.0 or better in Technology.^4,5,6,7
Who it is for: Students in their junior year. Summer 2027 postings ask for graduation between December 2027 and June 2028, so summer 2028 applicants graduate a year after that.^2,4
Next step: If selected, a one-on-one first interview. Citi adds a skills discovery survey first for EMEA and global Services programs, and a coding assessment for Technology.^1,11

Citi programs on the tracker

Live from the Intervyo tracker, so the dates update as Citi posts them.

2028 Summer Analyst Program: Dates not announced yet
Early Identification (Early ID): Dates not announced yet
2028 Full-Time Analyst Program: Dates not announced yet

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Citi scopes its skills step by program: a skills discovery survey for EMEA and global Services programs, a coding assessment for Technology. In New York investment banking for summer 2027, Early ID led straight to a first round of two live 30-minute interviews, and school applicants went straight to a first-round interview too.^1,11,19

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What the Citi online application looks like

Check which roles are actually open
Citi runs more than one calendar. Investment banking for summer 2027 opened in December 2025 and January 2026 and was wrapping up by the end of January, when capital markets and corporate banking were still recruiting on campus. Other US roles open later and stay up longer: for summer 2027, Corporate Banking in Houston was posted on Aug 26, 2026, Technology roles in several US cities on Oct 23, 2026 and Sales and Trading in New York was reposted on Oct 30, 2026, so non-IB roles took applications well into the fall.^8,9,4,5,6
If you are a sophomore, look at Early ID
Early ID is a three-week virtual mentorship for US sophomores, two to three hours a day, with interview preparation for summer analyst roles. Cohorts start in December (applications open in November) and March (applications open in February); you register on Eightfold with a resume and pick up to two lines of business. For summer 2027, New York investment banking opened about three days early for Early ID participants, and one was invited to a first round by the end of the program.^3,1,8,11
Fill in the form
Clicking Apply sends you to Workday, where you make a new Citi-specific account even if you already have a Workday account for another firm. Citi asks you to highlight your skills and relevant experience. The postings set graduation dates and a preferred GPA, so put your GPA and graduation month on the resume. Treat a cover letter as optional.^1,4,5
The skills step, for some programs
Citi names a skills discovery survey for EMEA and global Services programs, and a New York Services process in fall 2025 (summer 2026) included a personality test and two behavioral one-on-ones. Technology applicants complete a coding assessment, and the postings ask for the ability to pass technical interviews of basic algorithmic programming exercises.^1,13,6
The first interview
If selected, you are invited to a one-on-one interview that goes deeper into your background and how your goals fit Citi. In New York investment banking for summer 2027, that was two back-to-back 30-minute interviews, and first rounds were still running on Mar 9, 2026.^1,11,8

What the form asks

Citi Workday account Required: A new account for Citi, even if you have Workday accounts with other firms.
Resume Required: Citi asks you to highlight your skills and relevant experience. It is what the first screen reads.
Cover letter Optional: Treat it as optional. If there is a field, a short, specific letter does no harm, but the resume matters more.
GPA, transcript, written questions Check the form: Put your GPA on the resume; the postings name a preferred GPA. Have a transcript ready in case the form asks.
Early ID registration Sophomores: On Eightfold, with a resume, for up to two lines of business. Applications without a resume are not considered.

The account, resume and Early ID rules come from Citi's pages; the rest is our best reading of what applicants have seen. Check each field when you open the form.^1,3,4,5

Citi resume checklist

One page, saved as a PDF, ready to upload to Workday.
Education first while you are a student: school, degree written out, graduation month and year.
GPA as 3.42/4.00; the live postings look for 3.3 or above in the front-office roles and prefer 3.0 for Technology.
Experience newest first, two or three bullets each, every bullet starting with a verb.
Each bullet says what you did and what came of it, with a number where you have one.
Deal, credit and modeling words only for work you did and can explain line by line.
Leadership roles over memberships: what you ran, led or built.
Skills and interests last; for Technology, languages and projects up front.
For Early ID, the same resume on Eightfold, aimed at your two lines of business.

What to put on it

The first screen reads your resume, so that is where your effort goes. For students the order is Education first, then experience, then leadership and activities, then skills and interests. The examples below are Intervyo rewrites of common resume lines, not questions from the form.^1,17,18

Education: School, degree, graduation month and year, and GPA. First on the page while you are a student.
Experience: Internships and jobs, newest first, with two or three bullets that say what you did and what came of it.
Leadership and activities: Clubs, teams and roles where you owned something, not only memberships.
Skills and interests: Languages, software and a few real interests, last on the page.

Example questions and how to answer them

Experience bullet"Rewrite this bullet: "Did research on companies for a credit project.""^17,12

1Start with a verb for what you did yourself: analyzed, built, presented.
2Name the work: a credit memo, a cash flow model, a ratio analysis.
3Add scale in numbers: how many companies, how big, over what period.
4End with what the work led to: a recommendation, a decision, a grade.

Tip: Corporate banking interviews at Citi have asked how you assess a credit situation, so a credit bullet you can defend is worth having.

Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)

Analyzed leverage, interest coverage and 3-year cash flow for 6 mid-size industrial borrowers in a student credit fund; recommended 2 for a mock $20M revolver, and the faculty panel adopted both.

Education line"Rewrite this education line: "Rutgers, Finance major, 3.4, 2029""^4,6,17,18

1University and location on the first line.
2Degree written out, with the expected graduation month and year.
3GPA to two decimals with the scale. Add a major GPA if it is higher.
4An optional line for relevant coursework or honors.

Tip: The live Citi postings look for a 3.3 or above in the front-office roles and prefer 3.0 for Technology, so show the GPA plainly.

Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Bachelor of Science in Finance, expected May 2029. GPA: 3.42/4.00 (Major GPA: 3.61/4.00) Relevant coursework: Corporate Finance, Fixed Income, Financial Accounting

Leadership and activities"Rewrite this activity: "Member, Women in Business.""¹⁷

1Lead with your role, not the club: what were you responsible for?
2Say what you produced: events, mentoring, money raised, members recruited.
3Give one number for scale.
4Show a result your work led to.

Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)

Mentorship Chair, Women in Business (120 members): matched 35 first-years with junior mentors and ran 4 resume workshops; 22 mentees landed sophomore finance programs.

From resume to first round"Walk me through your resume."^1,11,19,20

1Open with where you are now: school, major and year.
2Take 2 or 3 entries from your resume in order, one sentence each.
3Link each step to the next, so the story builds toward this business.
4Close on why Citi and this group are the next step.

Tip: Citi's first round goes deeper into your background, and one New York superday round was a full resume grilling looking for overstatement. Keep every line one you can defend.

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How long to hear back after the online application

If you are selected, Citi invites you to a one-on-one first interview. In investment banking that has come within weeks of applying, in waves, while other programs move on their own calendars.^1,8,10

Jan to Mar 2025 (summer 2026)
Investment banking, US
Applicants in the dark after submitting asked about HireVues and questionnaires on Jan 22; one replied that Citi does not do HireVue. By mid-March, first rounds were going out in waves, later for non-targets.¹⁰
Dec 2025 (summer 2027)
Investment banking, New York
The posting opened for about three days, announced only to Early ID participants, and was closed again by Dec 20.⁸
Jan 2026 (summer 2027)
Investment banking, New York
One applicant submitted on Jan 13, a day after the posting's anticipated close of Jan 12, and the form still took it. General applications had opened mid-January.^8,9
Jan 2026 (summer 2027)
Investment banking, New York (Early ID)
Invited to a first round by the end of Early ID: two back-to-back 30-minute interviews, then a superday of three. The whole process took one to two months.¹¹
Feb to Mar 2026 (summer 2027)
Investment banking, US
On Feb 8, one applicant was told after a first round that superdays would roll in one to two weeks; on Mar 10, applicants were still waiting on first rounds held Mar 9.⁸
Oct 2025 (summer 2026)
Services, New York
A personality test, two behavioral one-on-ones and a two-hour superday, all in less than a month.¹³

Capital markets and corporate banking were still recruiting on campus in the first week of February 2026, after investment banking had mostly wrapped up.⁹

Best guessIn investment banking, a first-round invite tends to come within a few weeks of applying. If classmates have theirs and three weeks pass with nothing, check your Workday status and keep applying elsewhere; Citi has sent late waves into March.

What happens after the online application

Online applicationYou are here
This page. A resume on Workday, with a Citi-specific account; Early ID registers on Eightfold.^1,3
Skills evaluation (Services and Technology)
A skills discovery survey for global Services programs, or a coding assessment for Technology.¹
First interview
If selected, a one-on-one interview on your background and how your goals fit Citi. In New York investment banking, two back-to-back 30-minute interviews.^1,11
Superday
Multiple interviews, an assessment or a case study, depending on the program and location. In New York investment banking, three back-to-back 30-minute interviews.^1,11

Banking vs Services and Technology

The steps are the same five on Citi's page, but what sits between the application and the first interview, and when each part opens, differ by program.

Opened for summer 2027