TradeStation Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
Based on 11 interview experiences · FREE TO READ
Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at TradeStation.
TradeStation
Software Engineer
Senior Average Negative experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Take home Offer
Interview formats
Coding Technical
They put me through multiple rounds of interviews, and I did an in-person coding exam. After I passed those, I was given a 5-hour code exam to complete on my own time. I went above and beyond, creating an animated UI and a great UI for their code exam, and submitted it early. They said my code was amazing and they wanted to hire me. I reached out twice after they said that but got no response, which was a complete waste of time.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Could you build a Tetris application in Angular that, given specific inputs, displays the resulting Tetris board?
TradeStation
Software Engineer
Mid Easy Positive experience Accept offer 1 round
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Behavioral Coding
A third-party headhunter set up a single interview for me. After getting the job description and agreeing to proceed, I had a pretty straightforward interview. It covered my past work experience, my technical skills, and included behavioral and team player questions. The second part involved coding challenges where I had to identify and fix issues in provided code snippets. After that, they gave me more details about the role and said the recruiter would follow up. The whole thing was about an hour long via Zoom.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- Can you explain the software development life cycle?
- Tell me about a situation where you had a disagreement with a colleague and how you resolved it.
- What's your approach to deploying code to a live production environment to ensure minimal negative impact on customers and reduce downtime?
TradeStation
Software Engineer
Entry Difficult Positive experience Accept offer 5 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite Take home Offer
Interview formats
Technical Coding Other
It started with a phone interview that just asked some basic programming questions. I was asked to come in to fill out some paperwork, interview, and take a Wonderlic test. In the in-person interview, I was asked a couple programming-related questions, which were completed on the whiteboard. I was then sent a personality test a few days later. I was emailed an offer a few weeks later. It was a long process.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Could you write a function that reverses a given string?
TradeStation Software Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from TradeStation interview reports.
“Could you write a function that reverses a given string?”
Read reports →“Can you write an inheritance class in any programming language?”
Read reports →“Can you list the three main principles of OOP?”
Read reports →“Could you build a Tetris application in Angular that, given specific inputs, displays the resulting Tetris board?”
Read reports →“Can you design a trading system?”
Read report →“Can you explain the software development life cycle?”
Read report →“What's your approach to deploying code to a live production environment to ensure minimal negative impact on customers and reduce downtime?”
Read report →“Could you complete a coding exercise?”
Read report →“Tell me about a situation where you had a disagreement with a colleague and how you resolved it.”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 11 TradeStation interview reports.