I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Akamai (Bengaluru) in May 2010
Interview
Interview process is very tough. You will be grilled more on your technical knowledge of your interest and problem solving skills rather than your past experience. For me there were total 8 rounds of interview which includes telephonic rounds, presentation round, puzzle round, Email writing, Vocabulary round and few HR rounds.
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Question 1
They gave me a presentation topic (related to computer networking) and gave me enough time for preparation. I would say Presentation round is one of the most challenging round where they will evaluate you based on your technical knowledge, confidence and communication skill.s
Since I don't care at all about money, I asked for the exact same salary I currently earn, instead of asking for 20% more than my current salary, which is what literally everybody does.
The recruiter accused me of thinking only about money and made clear no assessment of my skills would have been performed in order to establish if I'm worth that salary or not.
The day after I got an email stating that I was not selected.
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Question 1
Salary expectations in terms of gross salary per month
First round: 30 min HR - quick presentation of myself and description of the role
Second: 1h with the hiring manager - open discussion
Third: Technical interview 30min - list of questions to answer with no feedback from the interviewer
No feedback at the end of the process for more than a month
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Technical questions about Network components, Cloud architecture, Security, CDN...
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Akamai in Mar 2024
Interview
First round is a screening by in-house recruiter, second round consists of an interview with a manager and technical interview with someone who's currently in the same (or similar) role. Final round is a presentation for a group of Akamai representatives.
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Question 1
Behavioral questions about how you get to an understanding of the pains and challenges of a customer or prospect as well as a broad range of technical questions relating to architecting solutions.
