Akamai·QA Automation Engineer

Akamai QA Automation Engineer interview experience

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Sat homePosted Jun 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview path felt like it was built around practical testing and fundamentals, moving from a mix of coding and systems topics into deeper technical and managerial conversations.

I started with a coding-style round that covered basic string work like searching and finding a second-largest element, plus SQL query basics and Linux questions like listing elements and even process-related tasks such as identifying a process ID. Along the way I also got questions that tested logic around severity and impact, and how I’d think about raising a bug.

After that, I had a manager round followed by technical interviews that leaned into the kinds of systems I’d be touching daily. One round felt like an open discussion tied to older projects, including frameworks and APIs, and

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