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Akamai Interview Questions & Reviews
Getting the Interview 89 Interviews
Interview Experience 81 Ratings
Multiple Jobs At Multiple Groups at Akamai
No Offer – Interviewed in Cambridge, MA May 2013 – Reviewed May 16, 2013 New
Interview Details – was contacted by recruiter saying they were interested in talking to me about network system engineer position. Went in, found people from 3 groups going to interview me. 3 out of 4 interview sessions were conducted by two people at same time, like mini panel. They most asked skill or area that they would need out of me for their need. I have been doing SQA in networking field, they asked me to design test cases for the scenarios (simpler or more complex ones ) they gave on whiteboard or paper, then asked a lot of automation and perl, and even had to explain a hard-to-read perl script on a paper they brought in. Next day, got email for second around of interview with one of group , not sure what would be next.
Interview Question – was told the initial meeting was open house type of interview, found out it was more technical and right on topics. Answer Question
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Intern at Akamai
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Cambridge, MA – Reviewed May 4, 2013
Interview Details – Relatively simple, 3 phone interviews.
Negotiation Details – No negotiation phase as it was an internship.
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Systems Engineer at Akamai
No Offer – Interviewed in Cambridge, MA – Reviewed Apr 15, 2013
Interview Details – Was called for only one interview in Akamai that lasted for 30 min. Was asked about Project and some data structure questions. Nothing was asked about Networking and unix /linux experience. I was surprised myself to be interviewed for this position since I hold a experience in J2EE and Spring MVC and have little knowledge of Unix/ linux. The interview seemed to be just a formality and I got rejection stating that they need somebody with unix experience.
Interview Question – Questions were mainly based on Projects Answer Question
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Director at Akamai
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Cambridge, MA – Reviewed Apr 8, 2013
Interview Details –
A friend had referred me to a Vice President who then connected me with a recruiter to initiate the process.
I then conducted several phone interviews with Program Managers and then an onsite interview with 3 technical managers. I was not hiring into a fully technical position, but I was still asked about how Akamai works to understand my aptitude and ability to learn the technology.
Interview Question – How does the internet work? Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Fair, did a good job of meeting any reasonable demands.
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Senior Software Engineer at Akamai
No Offer – Interviewed in Mar 2013 – Reviewed Mar 28, 2013
Interview Details – One telephonic interview and 4 during onsite interview...
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Systems Software Engineer Intern at Akamai
No Offer – Interviewed in Cambridge, MA Mar 2013 – Reviewed Mar 21, 2013
Interview Details – Their recruitment process is very strange. First, a university recruiter from Cambridge, MA sent me an e-mail asking if I had the skills their required for this position - understanding of networking protocols, experience in JavaScript, PHP, CSS etc. He also asked me to provide a technical write-up on my experience in these tools and technologies. I believe I have strong experience in all the mentioned areas. So, I sent back an email with the technical write-up, but never heard back, although the recruiter mentioned that if I have the required skills (which I have) he WILL invite me to a pre-screen interview. This kind of recruiter's behaviour would be acceptable only for a much worse company, but not for a company like Akamai. The recruiter showed me no respect, first asking me to provide a detailed write-up and then not even spare 5 minutes to write back.
Interview Question – Asked me to provide him a detailed technical write-up on my skills. View Answer
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Technical Project Manager at Akamai
No Offer – Reviewed Mar 12, 2013
Interview Details – two phone interviews and full day in-person interview with five people. Very professional and nice people.
Interview Question – technical questions around network topology Answer Question
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Software Engineer at Akamai
Declined Offer – Interviewed in Nov 2012 – Reviewed Feb 14, 2013
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Interview process was smooth. The hiring division people are cheaters.
The HR manager negotiated a salary with me but changed the salary again after 10 days.
On top of that they still dint reimberse the interview expenses.
Trust me, may be the engineering division is pretty decent. But the HR people are very bad
Its waste of time to even apply.
Interview Question – All the questions were staright forward Answer Question
Reason for Declining – Better offer and they are not cheaters
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Software Engineer at Akamai
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Cambridge, MA – Reviewed Jan 19, 2013
Interview Details – Very smooth interview process. Had multiple phone screens and then one on-site. Mostly core java concepts. They need you to understand java inside out.
Interview Question – Java core concepts, and internal functioning. Answer Question
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Evangelist at Akamai
Declined Offer – Interviewed in San Francisco, CA Sep 2012 – Reviewed Dec 27, 2012
Interview Details –
Hiring Process was three rounds.
First round : Tech
Grilling round to asseses competency
Second Round: Tech
To assess fit and capability
Final Round: HR
Salary Negotiation and Basic round
Interview Question – How many spoons can fit in a a380? Answer Question
Reason for Declining – Salary not in line with expeactations
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