Akuna Capital Software Engineer Interview Guide

Candidates describe the Akuna Capital Software Engineer process as assessment-first. Several accounts begin with an online assessment, and for some it was the stage where the process ended. One candidate describes two OA rounds, each with 10-12 multiple choice questions and 2-3 coding problems. Those questions leaned on C++ and operating-systems fundamentals. Another describes three algorithmic questions, including a hard palindrome partitioning problem, and a rejection after the assessment with no follow-up round. A trainee-track candidate describes C++ multiple choice questions plus three coding problems, including a card game simulation where the deck flips whenever a card is a multiple of three.

After the assessment, the reports diverge. One candidate had a phone screen on thread-safe LRU cache design in C++. Another had a Zoom interview with a scripted interviewer who seemed to expect specific answers. The trainee-track candidate reported back-to-back technical rounds on currency arbitrage as a graph problem and an elevator system design, followed by an object-oriented design interview. A quant developer intern reported a one-way video round of brain teasers, a live OOP coding session and a final round on expected value, game theory and options trading. These are individual accounts, so prepare for variation rather than one fixed loop.

For preparation, practice timed medium-to-hard algorithm problems, especially graphs, dynamic programming and union-find. Brush up on C++ concurrency, mutexes and OS basics. Practice explaining trade-offs aloud, since candidates mention both live explanation and recorded answers. One candidate lost an opportunity to a competing deadline after slow scheduling, so tell the recruiter about any deadlines early. Outcomes in these reports were rejections or a withdrawal.