Just passed 2026 with flying colors. Akuna Capital The overall experience was that although the difficulty of the questions was not to the level of "perverted", it was definitely not easy either, especially in the second round of the oral presentation, where I felt a sense of tension. I'd like to summarize my experience here, and hope that it will serve as a reference for those who are planning to apply for Akuna.
Round 1 OA (Coding, Python)
1. Minimum Swaps
"Given an unsorted array of consecutive integers from 1 to n (with no duplicates), return the minimum number of swaps required to sort the array in ascending order."
Example.
Input. [7, 1, 3, 2, 4, 5, 6]
Output. 5
2. Delivery Management System
"You are given a list of tasks, each with an arrival time and a processing time. The system can only process one task at a time. The system can only process one task at a time. If multiple tasks are available, the task with the smallest processing time is executed first. If multiple tasks are available, the task with the smallest processing time is executed first.
Example.
Input. tasks = [[1,2],[2,4],[3,2],[4,1]]
Output. [0,2,3,1]
3. Binary Circuit
"You are given a directed graph representing a binary circuit. Each node has a binary state (0 or 1). Initially, some nodes are set to 1. In each step, the signal propagates to its neighbors. A node becomes 1 if any of its incoming neighbors are 1. Determine Initially, some nodes are set to 1. In each step, the signal propagates to its neighbors.
Example.
Input. n=4, edges=[[0,1],[1,2],[2,3]], initial=[1,0,0,0]
Output. 3
Second round OA
in sum 5 questions, verbal explanation of each question + final answer (question bank is randomized, here are common types of reductions):
1. Probability - Dice Roll
"You roll two fair six-sided dice. What is the probability that the sum is greater than 9?"
2. Combinatorics
"How many different ways can you arrange the letters of the word 'STATISTICS'?"
3. Mental Math
"What is 37 × 43?"
4. Expected Value
"You flip a fair coin 10 times. What is the expected number of heads?"
5. Algebra / Word Problem
"A car travels 60 miles at 30 mph, and then another 60 miles at 60 mph. What is the average speed of the entire trip?"
emphasize
- First round of coding → data structures + graph/heap application based.
- Round 2 math → biased towards basic probability/combinatorial/mental/EV/application problems, but the difficulty is verbalizing the logic, not the calculations themselves.
Refuse to be busy, use the right method to speed up
Akuna's two rounds of OA are not only about coding, but also about being able to explain logic clearly. Don't underestimate this OA! Although the first round of coding questions are high-frequency, they are all about graph / heap / BFS, which are the classic routines; the second round of EasyHire's math dictation is the big killer! The second round of EasyHire's math dictation is the killer! Once the time limit is pressed, many people panic: they obviously calculate correctly, but the result is not clear, and the points will be deducted directly... Many students around me are stuck in the second round, and their logic is messed up, and they miss the opportunity for nothing.
I used it this time. Programhelp I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do this, but I'm going to be able to do it in the future. The questions are correct, and the ideas are smooth, so the whole process is much smoother, and it's easy to pass the test in the end!
Students who are preparing for Akuna really don't tough it out, advance rehearsals + real life voice reminders will help you take a lot fewer detours and secure your place!
