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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Jul 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Computer networking basics
  • Q2. In depth of http,dns,methods,headers,records
Round 2 - Technical 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. Osi model in depth
  • Ans. 

    The OSI model is a conceptual framework that standardizes the functions of a telecommunication or computing system into seven different layers.

    • The OSI model stands for Open Systems Interconnection model.

    • It consists of seven layers: Physical, Data Link, Network, Transport, Session, Presentation, and Application.

    • Each layer has specific functions and communicates with the adjacent layers.

    • Example: The Physical layer deals ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Tls handshake explain examples
  • Ans. 

    TLS handshake is a process where a client and server establish a secure connection.

    • TLS handshake involves multiple steps like client hello, server hello, key exchange, etc.

    • During TLS handshake, client and server exchange cryptographic keys to establish a secure connection.

    • Examples of TLS handshake protocols include TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Http version with benefits
  • Ans. 

    HTTP/2 is the latest version with improved performance and security features.

    • HTTP/2 is the latest version of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol.

    • It offers benefits such as multiplexing, header compression, and server push.

    • HTTP/2 is binary, instead of textual like HTTP/1.1, which helps in reducing errors and improving efficiency.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. How does internet work
  • Ans. 

    The internet is a global network of interconnected computers that communicate using standardized protocols.

    • The internet is made up of a vast network of computers connected through physical cables, wireless signals, or satellite links.

    • Data is transmitted across the internet in the form of packets, which are small units of data that travel through routers and switches to reach their destination.

    • Protocols like TCP/IP gove...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. Port number and different protocols detailed
  • Ans. 

    Port numbers are used to identify specific processes or services running on a computer. Different protocols use different port numbers.

    • Port numbers range from 0 to 65535

    • Common protocols and their port numbers include: HTTP (80), HTTPS (443), FTP (21), SSH (22), SMTP (25), and DNS (53)

    • Well-known port numbers (0-1023) are reserved for specific protocols, while registered port numbers (1024-49151) are assigned by IANA

    • Dyna...

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - HR 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. Situational question about different scenarios
  • Q2. Best and worst experience about customer handling from past
  • Ans. 

    Best experience - Resolving a complex issue promptly, Worst experience - Dealing with an irate customer

    • Best experience: Successfully resolving a critical issue for a customer within a short timeframe, leading to positive feedback and appreciation

    • Worst experience: Handling an irate customer who was dissatisfied with the service provided, despite efforts to resolve the issue

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Which was a difficult issue i resolved
  • Q4. How did I handle i rated customer
  • Ans. 

    I handled irate customers by remaining calm, actively listening to their concerns, empathizing with their frustrations, and finding a solution to their problem.

    • Remain calm and composed

    • Listen actively to their concerns

    • Empathize with their frustrations

    • Find a solution to their problem

    • Avoid taking their anger personally

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well with case studies
No theoretical answers are taken
Understanding is primary
Look for examples for every topic

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

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

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Mainly about my CV and work experience.
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. Work experience
  • Q2. How to deal with difficult stakeholders?
  • Ans. 

    To deal with difficult stakeholders, it is important to communicate effectively, build trust, manage expectations, and find common ground.

    • Communicate openly and regularly with stakeholders to address concerns and keep them informed

    • Build trust by delivering on promises and being transparent in your actions

    • Manage expectations by setting clear goals and timelines, and being realistic about what can be achieved

    • Find common ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. What challenges you faced during your last project and how did you handle them?
  • Ans. 

    I faced challenges with team communication and resource allocation, but resolved them through regular meetings and adjusting timelines.

    • Team communication breakdowns led to misunderstandings and delays

    • Resource allocation issues caused bottlenecks in project progress

    • Held regular team meetings to address communication issues and clarify tasks

    • Adjusted project timelines to accommodate resource constraints and meet deadlines

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. How do manage risks?
  • Ans. 

    I manage risks by identifying potential risks, assessing their impact, developing mitigation strategies, and monitoring them throughout the project.

    • Identify potential risks by conducting risk assessments

    • Assess the impact of each risk on the project's objectives

    • Develop mitigation strategies to address high-priority risks

    • Monitor risks throughout the project lifecycle and adjust strategies as needed

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. How do you manage delays in project and inform your stakeholders?
  • Ans. 

    I proactively identify delays, assess impact, communicate with stakeholders, and collaborate on solutions.

    • Identify the cause of the delay and assess its impact on the project timeline and deliverables

    • Communicate the delay to stakeholders promptly and transparently, providing clear reasons and potential solutions

    • Collaborate with stakeholders to develop a plan to mitigate the delay and adjust project timelines accordingl...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - HR called for basic discussions and interview setup.

First round - mainly about your work experience. They want to see if your past experience suits their profile.

Second round - more technical and project management situation based questions. They want to see how you approach and handle the situations as a PM.

HR call for salary discussion and DOJ.

The interviews were very conversational and relaxed. Don't panic and just answer the questions in STAR format.

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Q1. How to deal with difficult stakeholders?
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Akamai Technologies Interview Questions and Answers for Freshers
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Interview experience
2
Poor
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in May 2024. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Every round was held in banglore office . The round consisted of some mathematics and paragraphed based questions and some video baed ques related to akamai

Round 2 - Group Discussion 

Actually due to time costraint and less no of candidates they didnt conduct the gd

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. First they asked for an intro then they asked about my projects and they jumped into http ,https,ssl,tcp,osi model,tcp model,api,different request errors like 2xx 3xx 4xx 5xx , they only asked questions on...
Round 4 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. The manager round went well as the manager was too friendly and asked practical nd behaviour ques and explained me about the role what does the team deal with everyday .

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I wrote this interview experience to let people know that "it's not over until it's over "
I mean to say that until u get the offer letter and join the company u aint got the job man.
I was told by the hr that I had cleared the manager round and iam selected and they would contact me later and she also said if there is hr round we will conduct it or else this is it (actually they do conduct for salary discussion but they didn't I don't know why but they did it the last time I got interviewed for the same role few months back). They didn't contact me for about 20 days. I was running out of patience and I mailed to the hr but no reply but I was a fool who had a attitude that its not over until it's over lol. I mailed to the company for about 2 weeks that too to multiple hr but still not a single response. With some networking I got the hr contact no and texted her for an update she said the position is on hold and we will revert back in 2 weeks. After 2 weeks she said they r unable to offer at this point of time. Then wt was the point of conducting the drive man. Seriously I didn't reply to her left it on seen and u know what there was no official clarification from the company side just a WhatsApp text lol. This was my 11th interview and they finally made me feel how it feels when u get the job without getting the job. Thank u akamai for this experience.

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Intern Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 10 Nov 2024

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

SQL query, Linux, OS fundamentals

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What happens when you enter a URL
  • Ans. 

    When you enter a URL, your browser sends a request to the server hosting the website, which then responds by sending back the requested webpage.

    • 1. Browser sends a request to the server hosting the website

    • 2. Server processes the request and sends back the requested webpage

    • 3. The webpage is displayed in the browser for the user to interact with

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Networking questions

Skills evaluated in this interview

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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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Akamai Technologies interview questions for popular designations

 Software Engineer

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 Intern

 (3)

 Sdet 2

 (3)

 Infrastructure Engineer

 (2)

 Cloud Support Engineer

 (2)

 Senior Software Engineer

 (2)

 Software Engineer II

 (2)

 Summer Intern

 (2)

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

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Apr 2024. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

All aptitude questions like percentage,permutation and combination ,english sentences etc ,normal aptitude questions.

Round 2 - Group Discussion 

Normal GD topics ,current affairs etc.

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is DNS ? Explain indetail
  • Ans. 

    DNS stands for Domain Name System, which translates domain names to IP addresses.

    • DNS is like a phone book for the internet, translating human-readable domain names (like google.com) to IP addresses (like 172.217.3.206).

    • It helps users access websites and other online services by resolving domain names to their corresponding IP addresses.

    • DNS also helps in load balancing, security, and email delivery by providing various

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is http,TCP/IP,SSL/TLS,Cross questions on all these topics
Round 4 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Cross questions on managerial round.
  • Q2. Managerial cross questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Akamai Technologies Global Service Executive interview:
  • HTTP
  • DNS
  • TCP
  • IP
  • SSL
  • TLS
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Learn Aptitude questions correctly, improve communication.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Global Service Executive Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What is DNS ? Explain indetail
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Feb 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Round 1 : Technical 1.) OWASP Top 10 2.) Different types of DoS DDoS attacks 3.) Explain difference between vulnerability , threat and risk 4.) Different types of application layer attacks and mitigation...
  • Q2. Round 2: Technical 1.) How to mitigate DoS and DDos attacks 2.) Explain smurf, ping of death, SIEM 3.) What is BOT & BOTNET 4.) Explain denial of service mitigation using rate control techniques 5.) Wha...
  • Q3. Round 3: Whiteboard/Presentation Rounds A topic such as BoT DoS DDoS or volumetric attacks types detection and prevention techniques using ppt presentation a and explanation and cross questions by panels ...

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Akamai Technologies Security Architect interview:
  • DNS Resolution
  • Application layer attacks
  • BOT Attacks
  • HTTP headers
  • Status codes
  • HTTP methods
  • Resource recordset
  • VPN
  • Bgp
  • Volumetric attacks
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Thoroughly prepare on DoS, DDoS, Application layer attacks

Read about OWASP top 10 for Web application. And OWASP top 10 API to explain, study about BOT , how CDN works ,SSL handshake , TCP handshake headers , DNS resolutik in depth , Attacks mitigatin techniques

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Jobs at Akamai Technologies

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

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Coding in python easy ques
  • Q2. Related to ip address
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Same linux, networking, DSA, python
  • Q2. Linux networking pyhton

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - prepare topics like python, dsa, networking, linux

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
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
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jun 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Easiest test in my life

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Explain what happens when you open a. Website?
  • Q2. Expalin osi model

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Interview is easy be perfect in what you know thats it.

Cloud Support Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. explain what do you know about ec2 instance?
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Bgp questions for route mal

Network and Security Architect Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. WAF usage , How to hack bank ? , In which case you can avail exception for certain access, IAM, Suggestions on how database can be secured, Types on encryption, How data at rest can be secured, how data at motion can be secured, SAML, SSO, ... read more
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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
No response

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

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Projects done at the previous company.
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Python, Javascript

Software Development Engineer II Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Given 2 large numeric comma seperated strings. You need to calculate their sum along with maintaining the correct position of commas. Example Test Case - s1 - "123,456,788" s2 - "1" output - "123,456,789" constraints - since the strings can... read more
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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?

Some of the top questions asked at the Akamai Technologies interview -

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  3. PUZZLE : one circle (radius r) is drawn.You are throwing a stone in ...read more
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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