Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience
August 2, 2023
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Two online assessments were given.
The first was easy, with just a few medium or easy LeetCode questions.
The second was very difficult. One question took over two hours and was harder than LeetCode hard.
Questions
Medium difficulty LeetCode questions.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 28 interview experiences for the Akuna Capital Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
Akuna Capital's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive36%
Neutral57%
Negative7%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Akuna Capital's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in United States.
Akuna Capital Work Experiences
1.0
Toxic Culture Leading to Poor Technology
Junior Developer • Current Employee
Chicago, Illinois, United States
June 12, 2020
Pros: Good compensation (though less than other similar companies)
Free (mediocre) coffee
Cons: Rushed timelines on every project, leading to huge tech debt everywhere that's never fixed.
Poor management and incentives encourage hacking things together rather than thinking things through.
Toxic culture of firing people any time they make mistakes, even if they're set up to fail.
Tech management doesn't have a good understanding of the company's software and how it works.
Horrible work/life balance and no investment in improving developer productivity.
Offered incentives to employees for posting non-anonymous reviews.
3.0
Not challenging at all
Software Engineer(Internship) • Former Employee
Shanghai, Shanghai, China
April 17, 2021
Pros: Good colleges are really friendly.
Cons: Work is not very challenging.
4.0
Talented Devs, Difficult Manager
C++ Developer • Former Employee
Chicago, Illinois, United States
September 23, 2019
Pros: Overall, a very productive company with talented developers.
Cons: The manager is hard to get around.
- 1.0Toxic Culture Leading to Poor TechnologyJunior Developer • Current EmployeeChicago, Illinois, United StatesJune 12, 2020Pros: Good compensation (though less than other similar companies) Free (mediocre) coffeeCons: Rushed timelines on every project, leading to huge tech debt everywhere that's never fixed. Poor management and incentives encourage hacking things together rather than thinking things through. Toxic culture of firing people any time they make mistakes, even if they're set up to fail. Tech management doesn't have a good understanding of the company's software and how it works. Horrible work/life balance and no investment in improving developer productivity. Offered incentives to employees for posting non-anonymous reviews.
- 3.0Not challenging at allSoftware Engineer(Internship) • Former EmployeeShanghai, Shanghai, ChinaApril 17, 2021Pros: Good colleges are really friendly.Cons: Work is not very challenging.
- 4.0Talented Devs, Difficult ManagerC++ Developer • Former EmployeeChicago, Illinois, United StatesSeptember 23, 2019Pros: Overall, a very productive company with talented developers.Cons: The manager is hard to get around.
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