Akamai interview questions
Updated May 2, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 36%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 9%OtherOther
- 9%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
Interview search
18 interviews
Akamai interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Akamai as 42.9% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.14 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Cyber Security Researcher and Strategy Analyst rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Strategy Analyst and Intern roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Akamai takes an average of 18 days when considering 7 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) had the quickest hiring process (on average 7 days), whereas Principal Software Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 25 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Akamai according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 20%
Skills test: 20%
Phone interview: 13%
One on one interview: 13%
Personality test: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Other: 7%
Group panel interview: 7%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Senior Software Engineer(7) ;
- Software Engineer(7) ;
- Cloud Support Engineer(3) ;
- Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET)(3) ;
- Software Engineer II(3) ;
- Solutions Architect(3) ;
- Account Manager(2) ;
- Major Account Executive(2) ;
- Program Manager(2) ;
- Sales Development Representative (SDR)(2) ;
- Security Architect(2) ;
- Software Engineer -2(2) ;
- Technical Program Manager(2) .
