Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Akamai with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 40% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 13 days to get hired, when considering 50 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Akamai overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Akamai as a Software Engineer according to 50 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 22%
Group panel interview: 16%
Skills test: 10%
Personality test: 6%
Background check: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Presentation: 3%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Akamai (Bengaluru) in May 2011
Interview
Had couple of rounds of phone screening, both technical. After that had four rounds of technical on-site. Technical rounds were challenging and I found the interview panel to be knowledgeable.
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.