The interview process is pretty straightforward, obviously you should be good with basic questions relating to your role. All the technical question revolve around basic know-how of the subject matter and test your communication skills too.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is HTTP, HTTPS how are they different? Which Incident management tools do I know?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Akamai (Bengaluru) in Sept 2010
Interview
Very stringent interview process where you are tested on internet technologies such as TCP/IP, HTTP(S) as well as the ability to articulate your ideas in a way the lay man would understand. There are approximately 4 rounds based which include a presentation round on one of the given topics and a topic of interest. This is a customer facing role.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you are able to think on your feet then the interviewers guide you to the right answer.
I applied in-person. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Akamai (Bengaluru)
Interview
Let me take the plunge and bring to disclosure, Akamai sets the toughest interview process which will scale you in all possible dimensions. The initial rounds comprises of phone Interview which probe on your previous skills acquired and experience gained in the respective fields and would like the applier to be assertive, lucid and to the point. After a set of 3-4 rounds over a phone-call, they will select a topic for the presentation which needs be delivered in front of a panel. Presentation will test you in your technical responsibilities and in-depth*underlined* TCP/IP or HTTP knowledge. Further more a viz-a-viz round with the team manager who will be throwing real time issues, may expect most optimistic and optimum answers from your end. The outcome of this round assures whether you are in or out. Finally a normal discussion with senior management in due course of policies set.
I applied through university. I interviewed at Akamai (Bengaluru) in May 2013
Interview
it was ok. basically asked for networking questions. learned a lot from it. it was a good learning experience. the behaviour of interviewer was good. cant say much. basic preparation is enough . concenterate on the basics. can study os, dbms, c++ also.
