I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Akamai (San Mateo, CA) in Aug 2010
Interview
Phone screening was quite general, the interviewer asked me about general datastructure related problem solving questions. Those questions are quite easy, at the end of the call the interviewer mentioned that I will get a call for on-site interview. The onsite interview is scheduled on the next week.
one interviewer asked me couple of problem solving questions which are again simple ones to tackle. This interviewer was tapping his iPhone whenever my response to the questions has started/ended. Not sure whether he is checking mails or recording my responses(which made me feel very uncomfortable). Another interviewer mentioned that the position requires strong knowledge in OS internals(kernal threads etc.. the job description says OS fundamentals). Another interviewer came in, and asked me to explain my previous projects. she did not ask me any technical questions at all. During the second interviewer itself I decided that this is not the kind of job I wanted. I was asked to brush very basics of networking concepts during the phone screening and here I am asked OS internals, kernal programming etc.
Overall Akamai's work is good and very impressive. But their interview process is not very professional compared to Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and Amazon interview experience. I felt I wasted a week of my good time in preparing for the on-site interview, whcih I could have used to apply for other better opportunities. If you are not into Netoworking and OS internals (and you must posses through knowledge in those areas during the time of interview) this is not the right company for you.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Akamai
Interview
The interview process with Akamai was disappointing. The technical panel didn’t maintain a professional tone, reacted poorly to common technical hiccups, and seemed more interested in testing memorization than evaluating engineering ability. Their behavior created an uncomfortable atmosphere and didn’t reflect the standards of a global company. This experience strongly influenced my decision to discontinue the process.
technical interview with good problem solving questions that need to be white boarded.
You will be talking to multiple team members. very good experience and a good way to know the culture and team
Every interview was super nice, and the overall experience was awesome. I was asked a few programming questions and previous projects. The programming questions were not hard, but you have to consider if your code really works.
