AkunaCapital Quantitative Trader interview experience

It was focused on mental calculation and pattern recognition, and it felt more like quick processing under time pressure than deep problem solving. Once I passed that, I moved into a personality/logic screening with straightforward questions meant to check how I think.

The next stage felt like a probability-style challenge with very little time to answer. I had to rely heavily on intuition, and the structure didn’t give me much room to slow down or work something out carefully. The whole experience left me with the impression that the process was tightly timed and somewhat opaque—everything