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Hudson River Trading interview preparation
High-frequency trading · New York, NY, USA
Open roles at Hudson River Trading
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The process
Reviewed November 2026
Timed coding test
Online assessment, stated by the firm
coding, 3 questions, +1 / 0, free navigation
- Programming problems Coding, Algorithms
Official: a timed take-home coding test on HackerRank or Codility, language references allowed. Candidates more recently report CodeSignal. Question count and 70-150 minute duration are reported.
Technical phone screens
Phone screen, stated by the firm
live interview, 45 min, +1 / 0, no calculator
- Technical discussion System design, Algorithms
- Programming Coding
- Probability/statistics (algo developer) Probability, Statistics, Brainteasers
Official FAQ: 1-2 technical phone screens.
Onsite multi-round final
Final round, stated by the firm
live interview, +1 / 0, no calculator
- Programming Coding, Algorithms
- Systems knowledge and design System design
- Maths/statistics (algo developer) Probability, Statistics, Combinatorics
- Data analysis notebook (algo developer) Data analysis
- Collaboration and fit Behavioural
Official: full day of back-to-back interviews; algo-developer section contents are reported.
What it tests
| Topic | Weight |
|---|---|
| Coding | 25% |
| Algorithms | 18% |
| Probability | 14% |
| System design | 10% |
| Statistics | 9% |
| Data analysis | 6% |
| Behavioural | 6% |
| Expected value | 5% |
| Combinatorics | 4% |
| Brainteasers | 3% |
Shares estimated from the public sources below.
Practise for it
Offices
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Sources
HRT hires mainly Algorithm Developers and Software Engineers; no separate trader track documented. HRT blog post is from 2021 and says the process changes. AI tools are prohibited in assessments per HRT postings (reported via guide).
- HRT: Student Opportunities (FAQ) firm's own page
- HRT Beat: How to Prepare for Your Software Engineer Interview at HRT (2021) firm's own page
- Quantt: Hudson River Trading interview guide
- TraderMath: Hudson River Trading interview guide guide
Compiled from public sources, retrieved 2026-11-03. Hudson River Trading has not reviewed or endorsed this page.