AAkunaCapital·Quantitative Researcher

AkunaCapital Quantitative Researcher interview experience

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United StatesPosted Nov 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

The early stage for me was an OA on HackerRank: 60 minutes total with three coding problems.

They were tough, but they also felt pretty straightforward in structure. I worked through them under time pressure and finished two of the questions, but that wasn’t enough for me to move on.

In another assessment, the setup was extremely similar—again HackerRank, again three algorithmic questions, and again a one-hour style limit. I managed to complete the first task and then ran out of time on the second, and that was the end of my path.

What stayed with me was how thin the margin was. Even if I could solve things that looked manageable, the timing determined everything, and I didn’t make

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