Difficulty
Average
Candidate-reported interview insights
Akamai Data Engineer interviews, decoded.
Explore commonly reported questions, interview rounds, difficulty, duration, and candidate experiences for the Data Engineer role at Akamai.
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Interview overview
Average rounds
3.2
Average duration
~44 days
Difficulty and candidate experience
Interview difficulty
easy22.2%
average55.6%
difficult22.2%
Candidate experience
negative22.2%
positive66.7%
neutral11.1%
Candidate-reported interview process
Had a first phone call with the recruiter. Then a second phone call with the team lead. After that, went to the office for a technical interview with the team lead. Also in the office, had a non-technical interview with the department manager. Finished up with an HR interview also in the office.
The first part of the interview involved SQL questions, and then I just waited to hear back. Unfortunately, the HR person completely ghosted me, ignoring all my calls and messages. It's really unprofessional not to at least send an email or a message if you're not selected. It was a terrible experience.
Had two interviews with two team leaders. The first one was the team leader of the team I was interviewing for. The second one was another team leader of another team in the group. They ended up taking another candidate before I got an offer.
Common Akamai Data Engineer interview questions
A focused selection of the most detailed candidate-submitted questions.
- 1
How would you approach SQL in this role?
- 2
What is your marketing domain knowledge?
- 3
Explain star and snowflake schema.
- 4
What are your thoughts on SPARK?
Interview question formats
Technical52.4%
Behavioral23.8%
Coding23.8%
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Interview information is based on candidate reports and may not represent the current official hiring process of Akamai.