I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Akamai (Cambridge, MA) in Nov 2014
Interview
One phone screen where they asked about myself, best project on resume, computer network fundamentals, protocol stack focussing on transport layer, what is tcp and udp difference between them, after passing phone screen there was an onsite interview with 4 rounds testing algorithms and writing tests for the code.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What happens when you type an URL in the browser and press enter
I had a phone call with HR and then a zoom interview where i was asked to describe one of my projects, and then implement some well-known algorithms in python
Implement smart pointers in C++ within a C++ development editor in front of the interviewer. Initially explain the difference between unique pointer, shared pointer and weak pointer. Explain your code and make sure the logic is right and compiles.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Akamai (Boston, MA)
Interview
I applied to their role on their website and a recruiter reached out to me to schedule interviews with the hiring manager and other members of the team. The interview process was drastically shortened for me because the hiring team wanted to fill the position very quickly, So the entire interview loop lasted only a week and a half.
the interviews consisted of a behavioral with the hiring manager and a hackerrank technical with a engineering team member.