Technical Solutions Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Akamai with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Technical Solutions Engineer roles take an average of 29 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Akamai overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Akamai as a Technical Solutions Engineer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
One on one interview: 50%
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Interview was medium level and mostly focused on web technologies like DNS, HTTPS, TLS, Cyber Security, CCNA basics. The managerial round was general with basic questions such as work interests, hobbies some scenario based questions. Overall if you have good grasp on basics on web technologies then it's easy to crack the interview with good communication skills and a strong body language.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What happens in the backend in terms of DNS when you hit www.google.com on browser
I applied online. I interviewed at Akamai (Bengaluru) in Jan 2017
Interview
Interview process was good and they took 3 rounds of interviews.
1 technical round
2 presentation round
3 manager
4 hr
Presentation round the topic is give and you would need to prepare ppt.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Akamai (Bengaluru) in Aug 2020
Interview
The interview process along with the online test was done virtually due to the current pandemic situation, but the entire process was very smooth and structured. There were 3 rounds of interviews - Technical, Management, and HR.