How long is the Akuna Grid Game practice sitting?

Outcry’s mock has 18 items across 3 sections, with 18 minutes of section time. Those figures describe this mock; see the source check for any published format elements.

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Akuna Capital · Grid exercise practice · round unconfirmed

Akuna Grid Game - Timed Practice

Letter-grid pricing and risk practice inspired by reported Akuna betting exercises. Solve 18 written questions on open and hidden boards, sizing and adverse selection. The probability model and scoring are stated Outcry rules.

Format

3 sections · 18 items · about 18 minutes
Format and scoring below apply to this Outcry mock. See the source check for verified firm details and practice adaptations.
Marking on Open board, Hidden board, Sizing and adverse selection: +1 correct, 0 wrong, 0 for a skip. Any item-specific mark weight is shown on the question.
No going back in this mock. Answer or skip, and the next item loads.
Questions are generated from Outcry's own banks; a retake changes the selection or parameters.

Sections

Open board - 6 items, 5 minutes, no negative marking. 6 items in 4 minutes 30. The whole board is visible. Price single letters and pairs, work out what wins and how often, and pick the best of four offers.
Hidden board - 6 items, 6 minutes, no negative marking. 6 items in 6 minutes. Rows are face down, cells are blank or the board is written in a cipher. Price what you cannot fully see, and work out when a price is good whatever the board turns out to be.
Sizing and adverse selection - 6 items, 8 minutes, no negative marking. 6 items in 7 minutes 30. Edge against variance, sizing to a risk limit, what a counterparty who knows more than you is telling you by offering, and the difference between a good bet and a good outcome.

What this practice sitting covers

3 sections, 18 items and 18 minutes of section time. Each section uses its own clock. Questions are generated from Outcry’s own banks; repeat attempts can share problem types with different selections or parameters.

How this mock is marked

Marking on Open board, Hidden board, Sizing and adverse selection: +1 correct, 0 wrong, 0 for a skip. Any item-specific mark weight is shown on the question.

This mock has no back navigation: each submitted or skipped question is final.

Scores measure performance on these exercises. They are not a firm’s pass threshold or a prediction of an interview or offer.

Public sources and practice adaptations

A recorded letter-betting exercise appears in candidate reports, but this audit did not verify a current firm-published grid specification or round order.

The 13-row model, uniform winning-row distribution, written answer format, 18 questions and three clocks are explicitly defined Outcry game rules. It does not reproduce video or memory scoring.

Section by section, with a worked example

Every example below is generated by Outcry, drawn from the same generator that section runs during the timed sitting. None of it is Akuna Capital's own material.

A. Open board

6 items in 4 minutes 30. The whole board is visible. Price single letters and pairs, work out what wins and how often, and pick the best of four offers.

In this Outcry section: 6 items in 5 minutes, averaging 45 seconds per item. Wrong answers receive no marks and carry no deduction. Unanswered items score zero. Correct-answer weights are shown on the questions. These are the mock’s rules.

Example 1

HOW IT SCORES
One of the 13 rows is drawn at random as the winning row. Every
row is equally likely. A letter scores its own row number minus
the winning row number, and a wager pays that score in dollars
per unit.

ROW      LEFT   RIGHT
---------------------
  1      F      W
  2      J      K
  3      I      M
  4      T      R
  5      A      O
  6      G      Q
  7      V      C
  8      U      Y
  9      L      D
 10      E      B
 11      H      X
 12      P      Z
 13      N      S

Which of these wagers is worth exactly zero?

Answer V

A letter is worth its row minus 7, so only row 7 prices at zero. V is there. The others are worth L 2, G -1, F -6.

Example 2

HOW IT SCORES
One of the 13 rows is drawn at random as the winning row. Every
row is equally likely. A letter scores its own row number minus
the winning row number, and a wager pays that score in dollars
per unit.

ROW      LEFT   RIGHT
---------------------
  1      R      X
  2      P      M
  3      N      C
  4      A      V
  5      Z      U
  6      F      Y
  7      O      B
  8      S      G
  9      W      T
 10      H      I
 11      L      D
 12      Q      K
 13      E      J

A market maker offers you 25 units of B at minus 4 a unit. What is the expected profit in dollars?

Answer 100

B is worth 7 - 7 = 0. Paying minus 4 leaves 4 of edge a unit, so 25 × 4 = 100.

B. Hidden board

6 items in 6 minutes. Rows are face down, cells are blank or the board is written in a cipher. Price what you cannot fully see, and work out when a price is good whatever the board turns out to be.

In this Outcry section: 6 items in 6 minutes, averaging 60 seconds per item. Wrong answers receive no marks and carry no deduction. Unanswered items score zero. Correct-answer weights are shown on the questions. These are the mock’s rules.

Example 1

HOW IT SCORES
One of the 13 rows is drawn at random as the winning row. Every
row is equally likely. A letter scores its own row number minus
the winning row number, and a wager pays that score in dollars
per unit.

ROW      LEFT   RIGHT
---------------------
  1      R      B
  2      W      Z
  3      ?      ?
  4      ?      ?
  5      ?      ?
  6      Y      A
  7      V      M
  8      L      D
  9      T      N
 10      F      X
 11      H      C
 12      S      I
 13      E      U

Rows 3 to 5 are face down. Between them they hold
G, J, K, O, P, Q, but not in any stated order.

You hold 5 units of K. What is the worst the position can score, in dollars?

Answer -50

The worst case stacks both unknowns against you: K in row 3, the highest of the face-down rows, and row 13 winning. That is 3 - 13 = -10 a unit, or -50 over 5.

Example 2

HOW IT SCORES
One of the 13 rows is drawn at random as the winning row. Every
row is equally likely. A letter scores its own row number minus
the winning row number, and a wager pays that score in dollars
per unit.

ROW      LEFT   RIGHT
---------------------
  1      E      D
  2      U      L
  3      R      B
  4      Q      M
  5      O      ?
  6      ?      ?
  7      ?      ?
  8      ?      ?
  9      S      Y
 10      X      P
 11      N      W
 12      A      F
 13      V      K

Rows 5 to 8 were face down, holding C, G, H, I, J, O, T, Z.
One cell has been turned over and shows O in row 5.

One face-down cell is turned over. What is one unit of a wager on I worth now, in dollars?

Answer -0.29

7 cells are still unknown and I is equally likely in each. Row 5 has one free cell left, the other 3 rows have two each, so the average row is 47 ÷ 7 = 6.71 and the wager is worth -0.29. Turning over one cell shifts the average away from the row that was revealed.

C. Sizing and adverse selection

6 items in 7 minutes 30. Edge against variance, sizing to a risk limit, what a counterparty who knows more than you is telling you by offering, and the difference between a good bet and a good outcome.

In this Outcry section: 6 items in 8 minutes, averaging 75 seconds per item. Wrong answers receive no marks and carry no deduction. Unanswered items score zero. Correct-answer weights are shown on the questions. These are the mock’s rules.

Example 1

HOW IT SCORES
One of the 13 rows is drawn at random as the winning row. Every
row is equally likely. A letter scores its own row number minus
the winning row number, and a wager pays that score in dollars
per unit.

ROW      LEFT   RIGHT
---------------------
  1      M      Z
  2      A      K
  3      L      Y
  4      C      Q
  5      O      R
  6      G      F
  7      E      N
  8      D      S
  9      I      P
 10      X      J
 11      H      V
 12      W      T
 13      B      U

A single-letter wager carries 3.74 dollars of standard deviation
per unit, because the winning row is uniform on 1 to 13.

Your sizing rule is edge divided by variance, times bankroll. The variance of one unit is 14. With a bankroll of $7000, how many dollars do you put on T at 2?

Answer 1500

T is worth 5 and costs 2, so the edge is 3. 7000 × 3 ÷ 14 = 1500. Double the edge and you double the size, double the variance and you halve it.

Example 2

A drawer holds 31 fair test coins and one that has heads on both faces. One is taken out at random and tossed 3 times. It comes up heads every time. What is the probability that it is the two-headed one?

Answer 0.2051

Bayes, with the prior 1/32 on the two-headed test coin. The two-headed one gives 3 heads with probability 1; a fair one gives 3 heads with probability 1/2^3 = 1/8. Posterior odds are prior odds times the likelihood ratio: (1 to 31) x (8 to 1) = 8 to 31. As a probability that is 8/(8 + 31) = 0.2051. Every extra head doubles the odds, so the evidence compounds fast.

Common questions

How long is the Akuna Grid Game practice sitting?: Outcry’s mock has 18 items across 3 sections, with 18 minutes of section time. Those figures describe this mock; see the source check for any published format elements.
How does scoring work in Akuna Grid Game?: Marking on Open board, Hidden board, Sizing and adverse selection: +1 correct, 0 wrong, 0 for a skip. Any item-specific mark weight is shown on the question.
Can I go back in Akuna Grid Game?: This mock has no back navigation: each submitted or skipped question is final.
Will Akuna Grid Game use the same questions every time?: Outcry generates questions from its own banks. Counts and rules remain fixed; the selected problem types or numeric parameters change. Some archetypes may recur across attempts.
Is Akuna Grid Game an official assessment?: No. This is Outcry practice with original generated questions. The 13-row model, uniform winning-row distribution, written answer format, 18 questions and three clocks are explicitly defined Outcry game rules. It does not reproduce video or memory scoring.

Akuna careers

Outcry is not affiliated with Akuna Capital and has no access to their assessment content. See the source check for confirmed format elements and Outcry adaptations. Every question is generated by Outcry.