Hudson River Trading Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Positive

United StatesPosted Apr 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My journey started with a pretty heavy online assessment that didn’t resemble the usual data-structure-and-algorithm patterns.

The questions felt more math-focused and intuitive in style, and I remember walking away thinking I’d never seen that kind of framing before. A bit later I had a phone screen, and then it escalated fast into an in-person interview in NYC.

The in-person portion was a longer technical loop—multiple rounds, all technical—and it ended with a behavioral conversation. There was also a lunch conversation with two full-time algo developers, and overall that part surprised me because people were genuinely helpful and made it easier to talk through ideas.

I did end up with an offer, which made the

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