Hudson River Trading Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Nov 2021 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with a recruiter reaching out, and then I went straight into an online coding assessment that asked multiple questions over a few hours.

The test let me choose between Python or C++, and I remember them hinting that using C++ might open more opportunities. After that, the process moved quickly into interview rounds that leaned heavily on systems and mathy thinking rather than pure “LeetCode only.”

My first live technical conversation was a one-hour phone interview where the tone felt focused and direct: I ended up answering questions tied to C++ and operating-system concepts, plus what felt like easier algorithm content mixed in. Later, the next round followed a similar pattern but with more emphasis on probability and

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