Akamai QA Automation Engineer interview experience

I went through a first round on HackerRank that had around ten questions spanning computer networking, OS, Linux, plus a DBMS question that used MySQL, and the day also included some coding. It felt like a broad test of my fundamentals.

After that, I had another technical round and then an HR-related conversation. The way it was laid out made it clear they were screening for both knowledge and how I performed across multiple topic areas rather than just one narrow skill. By the time I got to later steps, I remember the focus still being heavy on networking, Linux, and Python, along with