Hudson River Trading Software Engineer interview experience

Posted Oct 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After the OA, I was expecting a technical interview, and the overall vibe matched that—lots of focus on fundamentals like data structures and systems-level knowledge.

The process I saw was intense enough that it felt like they were using each stage to quickly separate signal from noise.

In my cycle, I didn’t make it past the OA, but I did get a phone interview in a different year. The phone screen wasn’t really intimidating in format; it leaned into expected value questions, and the interviewer was helpful and seemed willing to guide me when I got stuck. I remember the questions feeling “simple” compared to how people described later rounds, which made it clear that the difficulty ramp likely depended on whether you advanced from the assessment stage.

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