Hudson River Trading LLC Interview Questions

21 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (76%)

The Interview Experience is a score from 1 star (very negative) to 5 stars (very positive) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the donut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

3.4
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (99%)

The Interview Difficulty is a score ranging from very difficult (red) to very easy (green) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. The higher the number, the more difficult the interviews on average. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more insights, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire data set.

3.5
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult
% Interns - FT Offers (45%)

The % of Interns Getting a Full Time Offer chart is meant to provide a realistic estimate of the hiring practices of the company based on the reviews at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to the simple company average and away from the average of the entire data set.

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Interviews at Hudson River Trading LLC

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Group/Division Quantitative Research
Location New York
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Year 2020
Job Title Developer
Group/Division Prop Trading
Location New York
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Location New york
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Location chicago
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Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
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Job Title Intern
Group/Division Prop Trading
Location New York
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1st Year Analyst
Year 2021
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions
Location London
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Easy
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Year 2021
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Information Technology (IT)
Location New York
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Difficult
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Year 2021
Job Title Intern
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Location New York
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Job Title Intern
Group/Division Quantitative Research
Location New York
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Interview Questions & Answers - Hudson River Trading LLC Examples

Algo Developer Interview - Quantitative Research

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: June 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
Interview
Started with two phone discussions with HR and another also developer. I was asked some statistics brainteasers in the phone interview. The final round was scheduled for 5 1-on-1 interviews with other Quants and Algo Developers. First one was a coding interview; second was a brainteaser focused interview. After that I was informed they would not be moving forwards (2/5 interviews).
Interview Questions
Live code a poker simulation to find the best hand (was given 45 minutes).

Algorithm Developer Interview - Prop Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: October 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
I had a Hackerrank test. Seems like they look at your profile and only then send the test. Got 3 problems, Leetcode Medium/Hard. Solved all 3 in C++. Then received a phone screen. Basic EV questions, problems were variations of problems from the green book. Unfortunately was not called for the onsite.
Interview Questions
Questions on EV for coin tosses, law of large numbers, Bayes theorem

Engineer Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New york
Interviewed: November 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Did an OA, which consisted of 3 hard LC problems. Two of them were related to 2D DP, one just had a lot of edge cases.
Interview Questions
BST question

Algorithm Development Internship Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in chicago
Interviewed: September 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Skills Test
Interview
applied online, talked to them at recruiting event but that did do anything, did online assessment on hackerrank 4Q 90 minutes, passed all but last one, code was not fast enough on the last one
Interview Questions
the last question, a coding question, related to geometry, performance needs to be good, so brute-force was not ok, do basic data processing & descriptive statistics on pandas

Summer Intern Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: August 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
1-on-1 phone interview with an HR rep. Did not advance past this point in the process. Primarily bheavioral questions.
Interview Questions
A question about the most difficult problem or challenge that I have faced.

algo Trader Interview - Prop Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: March 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
They asked about whether i followed the stock market and about what I have read. They proceeded to go off of that and keep asking me questions. They also asked for stock pitch.
Interview Questions
Asked for a stock pitch

Middle office analyst Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous employee in London
Interviewed: March 2021
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Background Check
Interview
Initial interview with a senior middle office analyst, then online coding test, then virtual onsite interview with 4 back to back interviews.
Interview Questions
Coding test caught me offguard was not allowed to use pandas

Software Engineering Intern Interview - Information Technology (IT)

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: October 2021
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Skills Test
Interview
It started with an OA using the langauge required for the role (C++). It consisted of leetcode mediums. Then there was a phone interview with various leetcode medium/hards, stl questions, and OS/networking trivia. The final consisted of more C++ questions and system design.
Interview Questions
Some of the leetcode and system design were the most difficult

Algorithm Developer Intern Interview - Quantitative Research

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: October 2021
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Skills Test
Interview
The process started with a coding test from Codility. You were given about two hours to finish three coding questions. Those questions were medium to hard Leetcode difficulty.
Interview Questions
Most difficult: probably the coding questions. Be prepared for some Leetcode hard / unconventional questions.
Unexpected: they ask some difficult / unexpected math questions. But if you've done AIME before you should be fine after a bit of preparation.

Sde Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in Portland
Interviewed: August 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Difficult interview. Asked questions about probability and data structures then was allowed to ask questions about the firm.
Interview Questions
Questions invoking probability and trees.