Difficulty
Average
Candidate-reported interview insights
Akamai Site Reliability Engineer interviews, decoded.
Explore commonly reported questions, interview rounds, difficulty, duration, and candidate experiences for the Site Reliability Engineer role at Akamai.
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Interview overview
Average rounds
3.5
Average duration
~44 days
Difficulty and candidate experience
Interview difficulty
easy15.8%
average78.9%
difficult5.3%
Candidate experience
positive42.1%
neutral15.8%
negative42.1%
Candidate-reported interview process
Got contacted by a recruiter on Linkedin. Had two phone screens, one with the hiring manager and another for an online coding assessment with an engineer. After that, there was an onsite interview consisting of four 45-minute sessions with engineers from different backgrounds.
The interview process was onsite and had 6 rounds. The first round was with HR. The following 5 rounds were with the team leader and members. After waiting for a month, HR informed me that there was no offer.
Scheduling was a bit hectic with too many people reaching out. I didn't get any feedback until 10 months later when I received a rejection email; I had honestly forgotten I'd even interviewed by then.
Common Akamai Site Reliability Engineer interview questions
A focused selection of the most detailed candidate-submitted questions.
- 1
Explain what happened when you search on Google?
- 2
Explain the difference between TCP and UDP.
- 3
How to make a Linux machine a router?
- 4
What is SSH and how does it work?
Interview question formats
Technical43.8%
Behavioral25%
Coding22.9%
Group4.2%
System Design4.2%
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Interview information is based on candidate reports and may not represent the current official hiring process of Akamai.