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Akuna CapitalSoftware Engineer
Aug 2026

Hexadecimal AND and Binary Tree Recursion

This technical interview mainly covered C++ fundamentals, bitwise operations, binary-tree recursion, and dynamic memory management. The questions themselves were not difficult, but there was a strong focus on pointer use, boundary conditions, and low-level implementation details. Bitwise Operation Question: Calculate: Convert both hexadecimal values to binary: After applying the bitwise AND: Ther…

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AKUNA CAPITALQuantitative Analyst
Reported Jul 2026

AKUNA CAPITAL Quantitative Analyst Interview Experience: Canditech completed but HackerRank access missing

After a recruiter-style step, I was routed into a tightly scheduled online assessment sequence. One Canditech portion was harder and had multiple questions where I was expected to explain my thinking and math as I went. The other portion was supposed to be a HackerRank test immediately afterward, but I never received access despite reaching out multiple times. I did complete Canditech. It had sev…

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AKUNA CAPITALQuantitative Analyst
Reported Jun 2026

AKUNA CAPITAL Quantitative Analyst interview with quant-style math testing

My process started with the usual screening and assessments, then moved into online testing that leaned heavily on quant style math. I reached the later stages, including a final technical evaluation. The last question was the one that tripped me up. I couldn't land the final step cleanly, and I couldn't tell whether that meant I was done entirely or whether there was any behavioral wrap-up after…

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AKUNA CAPITALQuantitative Analyst
Reported Jun 2026

AKUNA CAPITAL Quantitative Analyst interview with two hour-long probability rounds

I went through an assessment-heavy process in which the later rounds shifted from coding toward deeper probability. After passing the earlier online steps, I reached a technical screen focused on probability and statistics. It was genuinely hard and reminded me of the tougher Greenbook-style questions people mention for quant research. As I progressed, the final interviews focused almost entirely…

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AKUNA CAPITALQuantitative Analyst
Reported Jun 2026

AKUNA CAPITAL Quantitative Analyst interview experience: math video and coding screen

My run began with an online assessment and video interview, then moved into a more interactive technical round. During the video step, I answered math and probability questions and had to explain how I reached each solution. It was not enough to give an answer. I needed to make my reasoning clear. The technical round included coding-related questions and a couple that connected to my resume. The…

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AKUNA CAPITALSoftware Engineer
Reported May 2026

AKUNA CAPITAL Software Engineer interview with four C++ technical rounds

My process started with a HackerRank online assessment and quickly moved into several technical interviews. The first programming question didn’t feel like a typical LeetCode problem. It was more like a medium-level simulation, and it pushed me to think about how the system behaved instead of simply deriving a clean algorithm. After the assessment, I went through four technical interview rounds.…

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AKUNA CAPITALQuantitative Analyst
Reported Apr 2026

AKUNA CAPITAL Quantitative Analyst interview with options lectures and probability questions

Before any live interviews, I went through a mini-lecture series covering trading and options basics. There were three lectures, each paired with an online quiz that I had to complete before moving on. The process felt selective because only the top performers on those quizzes were chosen for the interview round, although they never explained exactly how the "top" threshold was determined. I then…

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AKUNA CAPITALQuantitative Analyst
Reported Apr 2026

AKUNA CAPITAL Quantitative Analyst: Probability, Math, and In-Office Final Round

I went through a multi-round process that ended with an in-office final step. Before that, the early stages felt like a series of online hurdles that filtered people quickly. Once I reached the last round, the environment felt supportive. Everyone I met in person was nice and made it easier to focus. Probability and math came up repeatedly on the technical side. In the later stages, I was asked m…

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Akuna CapitalSoftware Engineer
Mar 2026

Live Walkthrough and Refactor of My OA Solution

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Akuna Capital
Jan 2026

120-Minute OA With a Stock Max-Profit Problem

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AKUNA CAPITALSoftware Engineer
Reported Dec 2025

AKUNA CAPITAL Software Engineer interview, HackerRank OA

My process started with a HackerRank OA focused on implementing business requirements rather than practicing classic algorithms. My version had two questions. One focused on strings and felt fairly direct. The other relied more on object-oriented concepts, which I found harder because I hadn’t practiced that style enough. Even though the difficulty was described as not necessarily algorithmically…

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AKUNA CAPITALSoftware Engineer
Reported Aug 2025

AKUNA CAPITAL Software Engineer HackerRank OA and live coding screen

After applying, I was immediately routed into a HackerRank OA that I had to complete in about an hour. Once I finished it, I received an invitation to a first-round technical discussion. It took place over Zoom, and before the call I was sent a coding link where I would write the solution. The flow was fairly standard: an OA followed by a real-time coding screen focused on how I approached the pr…

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AKUNA CAPITALSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2025

AKUNA CAPITAL Software Engineer HackerRank OA, coding rounds, and final day

I went through an OA and then a series of technical rounds that ended with a demanding final day. The initial HackerRank assessment was followed by an exchange-engine-style coding focus in a later interview, where I had to implement a simplified version and explain what I was doing as I went. By the final stage, the interviews were intense and back-to-back. There were four in a row, including tec…

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What are interview experiences?

An interview experience is a candidate's own account of a hiring loop — not a question bank entry. It tells you the shape of the process: how many rounds there were, what each round actually tested, how long the gaps between them ran, and what the recruiter said at the end. That context is the part a question list cannot give you.

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Weight recent write-ups more heavily — interview loops change, often within a year. Read several for the same company and role rather than one: a single account tells you what one interviewer asked, while five tell you what the bar is. Note the outcome badge too, since a rejection write-up usually explains the gap far more precisely than an offer one.

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