AAkunaCapital·Quantitative Researcher

AkunaCapital Quantitative Researcher interview experience

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United KingdomPosted Nov 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a longer pipeline that started with an online assessment that mixed coding with math, then moved into more structured technical screening.

After that first test, I had two technical video calls, one leaning toward math/research and the other toward coding. The overall tone was technical but straightforward—each round felt like it was testing whether I could switch gears between quantitative thinking and implementing solutions.

For the later stages, the format shifted into something closer to research-style evaluation and then deeper technical probing. I remember the interview rounds pulling in presentation of my thinking, including research topics, coding, and probability/statistics. One thing that stood out was how much the

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