Akamai·Software Engineer

Akamai Software Engineer interview experience

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Boston, MAPosted Mar 2021 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After a recruiter screen, I had two technical-focused interviews that still mixed in a lot of “story about you” context.

One round was with a principal engineer, and it felt more like behavioral than pure coding—starting from my resume, my skills, and the projects I’d listed. The other round was with two senior engineers and it turned into a rapid back-and-forth of smaller questions instead of one big problem. I was asked about networking concepts alongside Java and databases, and the questions came quickly.

A separate paper-like coding round involved HackerRank. I saw sections that shifted from SQL to C++ and then a couple algorithm problems to solve. There was also a question testing basic rules of C and

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