Hudson River Trading Software Engineer interview experience

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Positive

Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I had a technical interview that felt like it was built to test deep understanding of low-level topics and how systems fit together.

The interviewer seemed extremely comfortable with those areas, which made the bar feel high. The questions revolved around low-level programming concepts and then moved into system design, and the whole session had the feel of someone expecting precise thinking rather than general familiarity.

Another time, the interview had a similar “systems + coding” mix but with a more supportive tone. I talked through operating system concepts and C++ system architecture, and then I got an algorithm question that was described verbally rather than presented as a written prompt. That verbal format made

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