Akamai·Software Engineer

Akamai Software Engineer interview experience

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BengaluruPosted Mar 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

For an entry-level SDE-style role, I went through three technical rounds.

The topics were broad but very practical: OOPs concepts, SQL, DSA, and Python/C++ came up, and I also got classic problem types like double-pointer patterns and palindrome-style questions. Across the rounds, the discussion kept circling back to what I’d actually worked on—my resume was a major anchor—so it wasn’t just abstract coding.

I also had questions about linked lists, memory allocation, and things like Docker experience, plus details about networking concepts like TCP/UDP and multithreading. OS topics came up as well, and some questions felt like they were checking whether I could

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