Hudson River Trading Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

United StatesPosted Nov 2021 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with coding and C++-leaning screens, and I could tell early that the company cared about systems depth and how I handled ambiguity.

First, I went through an online coding assessment that was relatively straightforward and then moved into two phone interviews. The first one was about C++ and OS concepts, and the second one was more coding-oriented.

The coding portion itself felt weirdly dependent on the interviewer’s expectations. I ran through a solution, and it was as if the interviewer didn’t fully align with how I framed the answer. I tried to discuss it when I realized we were on different pages, but the feedback I got was vague—more like acknowledgment than actual guidance—and the interview ended significantly

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