AkunaCapital Quantitative Researcher interview experience

After the first gate, I hit a one-sided video interview where I had to play a math game and talk through what I was thinking while explaining my choices. The whole thing felt designed to see how I handled quick quantitative reasoning under pressure.

Then came the technical round where I ran into a problem that was described as very straightforward, and I still tripped on a corner case. The interviewer pointed out what I’d missed, and once it was made explicit I solved it quickly, but it still wasn’t enough for them to advance me. I later emailed for feedback and was told the issue was a lack