I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Akamai (Cambridge, MA) in Apr 2015
Interview
The process was lightning fast and quite efficient. A recruiter called me and after the first call with the HR manager set me up with the team's main manager. It went great and I was already told to wait for the next call with another manager. The second call was a bit technical compared to the first one but still I was told that I was through immediately and just had to schedule on-site interviews. The on-site interview was setup quite smoothly and it was 5 sessions of 45 mins each interview. 4 of them were purely technical while one of them I felt was interspersed with the technical rounds to make me feel easy! Overall, I felt I wasn't the best but did a decent job.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Many interesting questions and most to test capability to think on your feet and respond to different scenarios. Basic questions about DNS, TCP and also queueinig disciplines
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Akamai (Cambridge, MA) in Mar 2019
Interview
I was referred by an employee for this role. I interviewed on site. It was a day long one. I met severael people in the team. Was given a tour of the company building. I had 4 different interview sessions. I was asked a coding question where I had to answer the output of a snippet. There were questions about network design questions.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Akamai (Cambridge, MA) in Jun 2015
Interview
Applied online. HR contacted me two weeks later. I had a phone interview with the team leader and he asked me three questions: a brain teaser, a C++ question and how to debug a group of crashing computers
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Brain teaser, what is a virtual function in C++, how would you debug a system of computers that is crashing
I applied in-person. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Akamai (Dallas, TX)
Interview
HR ASKED ABOUT THE WORK AUTHORITY AND WHEN IS AVAILABLE TO START WORKING, AND THEN A WEEK LATER GOT MANAGER TO PHONE INTERVIEW. It's all about technical questions about basic networking but not very hard.