Akuna Capital

Python Junior Developer Interview Experience

September 1, 2017

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I got a HackerRank assessment test with a 3-hour duration. In it, I was asked to solve a design question based on the finance concept of marking position/short selling. The task was to find the marking position according to various JSON events like sell, buy, etc.

Questions

Python design question - JSON

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 6 interview experiences for the Akuna Capital Python Junior Developer role in United States.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

Akuna Capital's interview process for their Python Junior Developer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive17%

Neutral33%

Negative50%

Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Akuna Capital's Python Junior Developer interview process in United States.

Akuna Capital Work Experiences

Avoid if you are experienced

Engineer • Former Employee

September 4, 2020

Pros: Almost no obstacles to learning whatever you want. Some good and smart people.

Cons: Data management is way too messy. Politics from top to bottom. Blame games everywhere. In many teams, there is little respect for industrial best practices, but abundant careless assumptions, which results in wasted end products more often than not. Most scarily, people who make decisions tend to have little in-depth understanding in the areas they manage, but they sincerely believe they do and talk down to others like kings.

Avoid if you are experienced

Engineer • Former Employee

September 4, 2020

Pros: Almost no obstacles to learning whatever you want. Some good and smart people.

Cons: Data management is way too messy. Politics from top to bottom. Blame games everywhere. In many teams, there is little respect for industrial best practices, but abundant careless assumptions, which results in wasted end products more often than not. Most scarily, people who make decisions tend to have little in-depth understanding in the areas they manage, but they sincerely believe they do and talk down to others like kings.

Great Wlb, Lower Pay

Junior Developer • Current Employee

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Pros: The company has fantastic work-life balance, a supportive culture, and great people, benefits—really everything.

Cons: The pay compared to other trading firms is a little lower. This is still a great place to work, especially at the junior level, but you won't get the extremely outsized compensation you see at certain top-tier trading firms.

Great Wlb, Lower Pay

Junior Developer • Current Employee

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Pros: The company has fantastic work-life balance, a supportive culture, and great people, benefits—really everything.

Cons: The pay compared to other trading firms is a little lower. This is still a great place to work, especially at the junior level, but you won't get the extremely outsized compensation you see at certain top-tier trading firms.

Hard Driving Trading Firm

Senior Developer • Current Employee

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Pros: The work is fun to do. All the people are nice. The office space is wonderful. Management isn't standing still.

Cons: Smart, mostly young employees but not top in the industry. Has had a lot of voluntary and involuntary turnover. Can be secretive.

Hard Driving Trading Firm

Senior Developer • Current Employee

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Pros: The work is fun to do. All the people are nice. The office space is wonderful. Management isn't standing still.

Cons: Smart, mostly young employees but not top in the industry. Has had a lot of voluntary and involuntary turnover. Can be secretive.

Avoid if you are experienced

Engineer • Former Employee

September 4, 2020

Pros: Almost no obstacles to learning whatever you want. Some good and smart people.

Cons: Data management is way too messy. Politics from top to bottom. Blame games everywhere. In many teams, there is little respect for industrial best practices, but abundant careless assumptions, which results in wasted end products more often than not. Most scarily, people who make decisions tend to have little in-depth understanding in the areas they manage, but they sincerely believe they do and talk down to others like kings.

1.0
Avoid if you are experienced
Engineer • Former Employee
September 4, 2020
Pros: Almost no obstacles to learning whatever you want. Some good and smart people.
Cons: Data management is way too messy. Politics from top to bottom. Blame games everywhere. In many teams, there is little respect for industrial best practices, but abundant careless assumptions, which results in wasted end products more often than not. Most scarily, people who make decisions tend to have little in-depth understanding in the areas they manage, but they sincerely believe they do and talk down to others like kings.

Great Wlb, Lower Pay

Junior Developer • Current Employee

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Pros: The company has fantastic work-life balance, a supportive culture, and great people, benefits—really everything.

Cons: The pay compared to other trading firms is a little lower. This is still a great place to work, especially at the junior level, but you won't get the extremely outsized compensation you see at certain top-tier trading firms.

5.0
Great Wlb, Lower Pay
Junior Developer • Current Employee
Chicago, Illinois, United States
July 19, 2022
Pros: The company has fantastic work-life balance, a supportive culture, and great people, benefits—really everything.
Cons: The pay compared to other trading firms is a little lower. This is still a great place to work, especially at the junior level, but you won't get the extremely outsized compensation you see at certain top-tier trading firms.

Hard Driving Trading Firm

Senior Developer • Current Employee

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Pros: The work is fun to do. All the people are nice. The office space is wonderful. Management isn't standing still.

Cons: Smart, mostly young employees but not top in the industry. Has had a lot of voluntary and involuntary turnover. Can be secretive.

4.0
Hard Driving Trading Firm
Senior Developer • Current Employee
Chicago, Illinois, United States
April 26, 2017
Pros: The work is fun to do. All the people are nice. The office space is wonderful. Management isn't standing still.
Cons: Smart, mostly young employees but not top in the industry. Has had a lot of voluntary and involuntary turnover. Can be secretive.

Akuna Capital Interview Questions

Can Make Palindrome from Substring

You are given a string and a set of queries. For each query, determine if a given substring can be rearranged to form a palindrome after replacing up to a certain number of its characters.

ArraysStringsBit Manipulation

Delete and Earn

You're given a list of numbers. By deleting a number, you earn its value, but you must also delete all numbers one less and one greater than it. Maximize the total earned value.

ArraysDynamic Programming

Cherry Pickup

Imagine two people picking cherries from a grid, starting and ending at opposite corners. Find the maximum number of cherries they can collect together, with some constraints on their movement and the grid's cherry distribution.

Dynamic Programming

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