HHudson River Trading·Full Stack Engineer

Hudson River Trading Full Stack Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

United StatesPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After applying, I got an OA fairly quickly and it ended up being the hardest gate in the whole process.

The OA took a lot of effort and time, and it felt like a strong filter for top-tier candidates rather than a casual check. I remember walking away from it feeling that success required a very polished set of fundamentals.

One thing that stayed in my head was that the expectations weren’t just backend or just algorithmic. There was a split across areas that included both frontend and backend coding, which caught me off guard because I’d naturally be more confident in one side than the other. I didn’t end up passing, and overall the experience felt less like “try it and see” and more like

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