Akamai Software Engineer interview experience

The questions were mostly “basic” on the surface, but they were framed around recalling specific classes and functions and their limits, like I had to reconstruct details from memory under time pressure.

What caught me off guard was the emphasis on immediate answers. I was pushed to produce a solution right away, even though the problems themselves weren’t the kind where I’d normally be expected to recall everything perfectly without any time to think or validate. The overall impression was that they wanted someone who could write code quickly rather than someone whose strength was broader