AkunaCapital Quantitative Trader interview experience

It leaned heavily on trading-firm style questions—probability and mental-math style checks—followed by a separate coding test that mixed array work with dynamic-programming problems. A little later, I had an interview round that felt like a mental speed test: brainteasers and lots of mental arithmetic, where the interviewer even asked whether I remembered the specific values from the mental-math parts.

Overall the process felt pretty standard for a quantitative role: fast-paced, very calculation-heavy, and focused on whether I could stay accurate under time pressure. I didn’t feel