Akamai Software Engineer interview experience

I had 2–3 data-structures-and-algorithms problems at medium to high difficulty on a standard platform, and I remember it feeling very “core fundamentals” focused. About a week later, I went into the technical portion where I had multiple interviews that ran roughly 45–60 minutes each. They were mostly hands-on problem solving: trees, graphs, and dynamic programming came up, and I was expected to talk through my reasoning clearly and iterate toward optimized solutions.

The final round blended behavioral with some technical situational prompts. I discussed past projects and work style, and