How to Build a Low‑Latency C++ Trading System for a Million‑Dollar Quant Interview
This article explains what interviewers expect when they ask about implementing a low‑latency C++ trading system, covering hardware‑level concepts such as cache hierarchy, false sharing, NUMA, kernel bypass, CPU pinning, lock‑free programming, memory‑order semantics, and modern C++ techniques that together achieve microsecond‑ or nanosecond‑scale determinism.
