Difficulty
Average
Candidate-reported interview insights
Akamai Application Support Engineer interviews, decoded.
Explore commonly reported questions, interview rounds, difficulty, duration, and candidate experiences for the Application Support Engineer role at Akamai.
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Interview overview
Average rounds
3.1
Average duration
~44 days
Difficulty and candidate experience
Interview difficulty
easy9.1%
average45.5%
difficult45.5%
Candidate experience
positive54.5%
negative18.2%
neutral27.3%
Candidate-reported interview process
The whole process took about 3 months, and I haven't heard back yet. It started with an aptitude test, which was pretty straightforward. Then there was a group discussion, followed by a face-to-face interview. The final interview lasted about an hour and 15 minutes, and they asked some pretty basic networking questions.
First, you received a call from the recruiter which would provide with more details about the job and benefits, then they will put you in another phone call with someone technical which would focus on ask about HTTP and DNS questions, finally, they will put you in a room for a long interview which includes video conference with people in a different geo or presence interview with local people, but in English.
It was fun and friendly and they asked me a lot of tech questions. They also made sure what I was going to be doing/learning, so that I could align the program I was studying with the things I would be learning as a co-op
Common Akamai Application Support Engineer interview questions
A focused selection of the most detailed candidate-submitted questions.
- 1
How do you verify if a domain is being redirected to another CNAME?
- 2
Describe the TCP 3-way handshake process in detail.
- 3
Describe the SSL/TLS handshake process in detail.
- 4
What is the difference between HTTP and HTTPS?
Interview question formats
Technical54.2%
Behavioral29.2%
Group4.2%
Coding4.2%
Other4.2%
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Interview information is based on candidate reports and may not represent the current official hiring process of Akamai.