Hudson River Trading Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

Stanford, CAPosted Nov 2018 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I grouped my experience around how the on-campus rounds felt and what I walked in expecting versus what I actually got.

I applied for one role and prepared like a typical new-grad interview—algorithms and data structures—but the on-campus process went sideways. I remember being interviewed for a different position than the one I applied for, and while the questions weren’t inherently brutal, they landed in low-level systems territory that felt like long-forgotten exam material.

What stood out was the mismatch: I’d spent time getting ready for algorithm-focused questions, only to be tested on systems stuff instead. On top of that, the interviewer interaction didn’t feel smooth—there was a snarky tone and a lot

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