AkunaCapital Software Engineer interview experience

The OA timebox felt tight, and I remember having to do a self-introduction before the actual coding prompts: it was 45 minutes total with three HackerRank questions, including one that involved an LRU-style concept. The questions were longer than typical LeetCode problems, and the hardest part was just spending enough time understanding what they were really asking.

After that, I had another technical interview round where I was asked to implement something like an exchange engine. That round tested whether I could translate requirements into working components rather than just outline an