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Akamai

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Latest report May 2026View open roles ↗

THE LOOP

How the Akamai loop usually runs

Software Engineer

Based on 19 candidate reports, latest May 2026

Online assessment26%
Coding rounds74%
System design26%
Low-level or OO design16%

Percentages are the share of reports that mention each stage. They come from what candidates wrote, not from an official process.

WHAT TO PREPARE

Topics that come up most

Software Engineer

Based on 19 candidate reports, latest May 2026

Arrays and strings10
Concurrency5
SQL and data modeling4
Caches (LRU/LFU)3

Topic counts are the number of candidate reports that mention each topic. They are based on reported experiences, not an official company syllabus.

INTERVIEW QUESTION BANK

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This page has 19 candidate experiences, 2 interview questions, 9 free LeetCode links. Unlock Akamai ($12) to read detailed candidate experiences and interview insights.

SELECTED ROLE

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Access	Type	Question or experience	Open
Free preview	Experience	Akamai \| Software Engineer 2 \| Bangalore \| Sept 2022 Nov 2022	→
Free preview	Experience	Akamai \| Software Engineer Principal (Bangalore) \| 25-29/sept/23 \| Reject Oct 2023	→
	Experience	Akamai SDE2, Remote, Referral-free Portal Application (Jul 2025, Rejected)	→
	Experience	Akamai Software Engineer, 0-2 Years, Five Rounds (Apr 2024, Rejected)	→
	Experience	Akamai MTS-2, Python and SQL, Technical Interviews (Jul 2025)	→
	Experience	Akamai SDE-2, Referral, Two Rounds on the Same Day (May 2026, Waiting for HR)	→
	Experience	Akamai SDE May 2019	→
	Experience	AKAMAI Interview Experience October 2021 SSE Bangalore Reject Dec 2021	→
	Experience	Akamai \| SE \| Ghosted Jul 2022	→
	Experience	Akamai \| SDE1 \| November 2023 Dec 2023	→
	Experience	Akamai \| SDE 1 OffCampus \| Selected Feb 2024	→
	Experience	Akamai Technologies \| SDE-1 \| Remote [No offer] Feb 2025	→
	Experience	Akamai \| SSE \| Remote/Bangalore \| Offer Mar 2025	→
	Experience	Akamai Interview Experience Jul 2025	→
	Experience	Akamai Technical Interview Experience: What Every Developer Should Know Aug 2025	→
	Experience	Akamai Technologies \| SWE 1 \| Remote/Bangalore \| Feb 2025 Aug 2025	→
	Experience	Akamai \| SSE \| Ghosted Feb 2026	→
	Experience	Akamai Interview Experience (SDE-1 Backend)	→
	Experience	Akamai Interview Experience for SDE Summer Internship On-Campus (Rejected, Sep 2023)	→

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