Akamai·Software Engineer

Akamai Software Engineer interview experience

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BengaluruPosted Sep 2020 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My start was a coding-and-aptitude screen that ran through a platform like HackerRank.

I hit a first stage with some MCQs and an easier coding question, plus additional content like basic computer fundamentals and database-related knowledge. It felt like they were sorting through a larger pool quickly—there were other students being shortlisted alongside me.

After that, I moved into multiple technical interview rounds, and the emphasis stayed on networking-related topics and relational database concepts. The technical rounds weren’t just one continuous problem; they felt like a sequence of checks that kept returning to fundamentals.

In the process, I also saw the pattern of

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