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Interview experience
2
Poor
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Oct 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

I was told about the screening round and the interviewer came with bunch of coding questions which In my opinion I did good. But got rejected.

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Interview experience
2
Poor
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
6-8 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Mar 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. It's about deep networking troubleshooting.
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. It's about system Administrator related questions

Senior Systems Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. 2. Explain COMP, COMP-2, COMP-3 and Display. What are the difference between Continue and Next Sentence? Why does SOC7 occur?
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Akamai Technologies Interview Questions and Answers for Freshers
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jan 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Mcq and sql questions along with core subject mcq

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Dsa question and technical question were asked
  • Q2. Duplicates count in an array
  • Ans. 

    Count duplicates in an array of strings

    • Iterate through the array and use a HashMap to store the count of each string

    • Check if the count of a string is greater than 1, then it is a duplicate

    • Return the total count of duplicates found in the array

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Aptitude AI subject puzzles were asked

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Q1. Which is a best technique to generate automated test report ?
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Online test on networking Linux

Platform Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Palindrome Linked List Problem Statement You are provided with a singly linked list of integers. Your task is to determine whether the given singly linked list is a palindrome. Return true if it is a palindrome, otherwise return false. Exam... read more
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 Summer Intern

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Assignment 

Was asked to understand a project in python and translate it to NodeJS. This had to be done during the interview with you explaining you thought process through every step.

Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. K Largest Elements Problem Statement You are given an integer k and an array of integers that contain numbers in random order. Write a program to find the k largest numbers from the given array. You need to save them in an array and return ... read more
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Jan 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. What is CDN and what does akamai providing to its customer
  • Ans. 

    CDN stands for Content Delivery Network. Akamai provides CDN services to its customers for faster and more reliable content delivery.

    • CDN helps distribute content closer to end users for faster loading times

    • Akamai offers services like caching, load balancing, and DDoS protection

    • Customers benefit from improved website performance and reliability

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Why is CDN needed
  • Ans. 

    CDN is needed to improve website performance by reducing latency, increasing content availability, and offloading origin servers.

    • Reduces latency by serving content from servers closer to the user

    • Increases content availability by caching content on multiple servers worldwide

    • Offloads origin servers by distributing traffic to CDN servers

    • Improves website performance and user experience

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Intensive questions on Pandas and SQL queries

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Understand Pandas, SQL, Linux, CDN, DNS and awk commands

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Q1. How would you recover your VM, if You have lost its keypair file?
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Intern Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 27 Jul 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Jan 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Sql questions and technical mcqs

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Solving leetcode problems
  • Q2. Os and network related questions

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Q1. Case. There is a housing society “The wasteful society”, you collect all the household garbage and sell it to 5 different businesses. Determine what price you will pay to the society members in Rs/kg, given you want to make a profit of 20% ... read more
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Sdet Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 25 Jul 2024

Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Jun 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Array and string medium leet code questions and some network questions

Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Behave and intro
  • Q2. Project related

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - they laid off me without giving reason worst company for me

Sdet Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Tell me about the projects and knowledge on selenium api and etc?
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in May 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Splunk soar playbooks
  • Q2. Splunk Dashboards

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Good

Senior Security Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. How can we make an Symantec agent that is offline for too long time to communicate back to SEPM?
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Subnetting, TCP/IP, Routing Table
  • Q2. VLAN, STP, OSI Layer, cables

Infrastructure Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What type of ticketing tool was used in your previous organization?
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Akamai Technologies Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Akamai Technologies interview?
Akamai Technologies interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Akamai Technologies interview process are Technical, One-on-one Round and Coding Test.
How to prepare for Akamai Technologies interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Akamai Technologies. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Akamai Technologies expect are Python, Linux, DNS, HTTP and Cloud.
What are the top questions asked in Akamai Technologies interview?

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How long is the Akamai Technologies interview process?

The duration of Akamai Technologies interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

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