I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Akamai (Bengaluru) in May 2018
Interview
I had crossed 3 rounds of interview. First round was with HR about the normal job description, interests, pay expectations etc. The second round was technical round in which they asked about the advanced language specific questions, about the best practices etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Datastructures, Algorigthms and Python Fundamentals
Interview was for senior software engineer,.
Round 1: DSA round Q1. Find the intersection of Link list Q2: write function for validation of IPV6 IP.
Round2: Technical Round, Asked question about Kubernetes, microservice and specific to there product, Rejected.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Find the intersection of Link list Q2: write function for validation of IPV6 IP.
Una flipada de ejercicios de Python de como los resolverias estilo live coding que no vas a hacer nunca en el puesto que te toque. Una pérdida de tiempo brutal.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Akamai (Tel Aviv-Yafo) in Nov 2025
Interview
Webex interview.
An hour and a half technical session with the team leader and another team member.
Most of the time, they talk about designing a system that you have experience with, asking questions about the design decisions, and asking you to draw a diagram of the system using Webex's annotation tools, which don't work properly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Find an error in an obsolete and obscure Python method that you'll never use in 2025 - the error is regarding a low-level functionality of the CPython interpreter.
