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Dark Alpha Capital is a private investment and capital firm focused on acquisitions, mergers, and financing across various industries. It operates as a boutique investment entity providing capital and strategic support to businesses.

2 interview notes · updated Jul 2026

dark alpha capital·Software Engineer·Technical Phone Screen

Jun 2026
Interviewed for a software engineer role at Dark Alpha Capital and got hit with an assignment optimization problem. Pretty algorithmic heavy, felt like a competitive programming round more than a typical SWE screen.
  • You have n analysts and m field devices placed on a 2D grid. Each analyst must be assigned exactly one distinct device, and the cost of each assignment is the Manhattan distance between them. Find the minimum total assignment cost. Constraints: n up to 10, m up to 15.

“My first instinct was greedy and it was wrong.”

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dark alpha capital·Software Engineer·Technical Phone Screen

May 2026
Interviewed at Dark Alpha Capital for a Software Engineer role and got hit with a bitmask DP problem that felt like it came straight out of a competitive programming contest. The question was essentially LC 1066 territory, assign workers to resources minimizing total cost, and they wanted a full end-to-end implementation plus a discussion of the formulation and complexity.
  • Implement a bitmask DP solution for an assignment problem where N workers must each be assigned to a unique resource to minimize total cost. Walk through the state definition, transitions, and time complexity.

“This one took me a minute to even set up the state correctly.”

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