Akamai·Solutions Engineer

Akamai Solutions Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Feb 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview journey felt elimination-style from the start.

I remember that each round mattered a lot—if I didn’t qualify, the process stopped. The first step was a problem-solving round where I got a prompt shared in an online IDE via a HackerRank link and had to work through it live. After that, I moved into a round that focused more on system design and coding standards.

The last technical/behavioral combination round was more general but still engineering-shaped. I was asked broader questions like what traits an ideal team should have, and how I handle things like code reviews. There was also a sense that the questions stitched together the

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