Hudson River Trading Software Engineer interview

After a recruiter screen, I entered a long technical process centered on a take-home. The lack of feedback was difficult. I spent hours trying to meet the expected behavior without useful checkpoints.

The RTL and verification assignment was ambiguous. I adapted my scoreboard to match the buggy RTL behavior, even though I thought a model should stay more abstract and respond only to the specified bug conditions. I could not tell whether I was supposed to fix the bugs or avoid certain stimuli. There was a hard time limit, so I defined coverage as I would in practice and noted that more coverage would need more time. I did not pass and could not tell why. My choices felt defensible, but the criteria were too unclear to adjust confidently.

Location: United Kingdom. Overall feedback: negative. Offer status: no offer.